Aid flows
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How can development assistance better contribute to poverty reduction? Some exploratory ideas
- ( O. Barder / Center for Global Development, USA , 2009)
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In recent years, the development community has emphasised poverty reduction – defined as increases in economic growth - as the main objective of foreign assistance. In par...
- Economic activity in the West Bank stifled by restrictions to movement of people and access to natural resources
- ( World Bank , 2008)
- In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by co...
- How can developing countries manage scaled-up aid flows?
- ( S. Gupta;G. Schwartz;S. Tareq / IMF Publications , 2007)
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With increasing aid entering many developing countries, there is a need for sound fiscal policy in order to manage these volatile flows. This paper reviews measures that should be taken in ord...
- Macroeconomic stability and pro-poor growth: the case of Uganda
- ( J. Okidi;S. Ssewanyana;L. Bategeka / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda , 2005)
- This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance o...
- Addressing the HIV and AIDS pandemic with increased aid flows?
- ( M. Vernengo / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth , 2006)
- What would be the effects of a surge in aid flows in developing countries? This paper discusses the best monetary policy to manage the macroeconomic effects of a Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-rela...
- Is the IMF constraining low-income countries’ health spending?
- ( Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- Most of the recently negotiated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes include a ceiling which limits the opportunities for countries to utilise increasing aid, including billions of dollars for...
- Managing the negative impacts of well intentioned aid
- ( P.S. Heller; M. Katz; X. Debrun; T. Thomas; T. Koranchelian; I. Adenauer / International Monetary Fund , 2006)
- The G8 countries have committed to double aid flows to developing countries by 2010. Although these funds offer great opportunities to recipient countries, aid inflows of such magnitude pose signific...
- Benefits from aid outweigh potential drawbacks: an assessment of dutch disease
- ( O. Barder / Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- Aimed at policy-makers, this paper tackles the issue of Dutch Disease - that is, the theory that aid flows will lead to an appreciation of the real exchange rate which can slow the growth of a country...
- A review of the major areas of fiscal policy
- ( T. Addison; A. Roe; M. Smith / United Nations University , 2006)
- This document reviews the major areas of fiscal policy, setting out and assessing how thinking around public spending, taxation, and the macroeconomics of fiscal reform have evolved, particularly towa...
- Guidlines for promoting private investment through ODA
- ( Development Assistance Committee, OECD , 2006)
- This report provides guidance to members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on using ODA more effectively to mobilise private investment for development (investment-enhancing ODA). I...
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