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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828521903321

Autore

Mongardini Joannes

Titolo

The Macroeconomics of Scaling Up Aid : : The Gleneagles Initiative for Benin / / Joannes Mongardini, Issouf Samaké

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-1541-0

1-4527-8942-8

1-4518-7262-3

9786612843303

1-282-84330-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

SamakéIssouf

Disciplina

338.96

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Benin

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Public Finance

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Foreign Aid

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

International economics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Public finance & taxation

Real exchange rates

Absorptive capacity

Foreign aid

Public investment spending

Expenditure

Capital movements

International relief

Public investments

Expenditures, Public

Benin Economic conditions

Benin



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. The Scaling-Up of Grants: Net Per Capita Official Developments Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa; II. The Literature on Aid Effectiveness; III. Benin's Macroeconomic Conditions and The Gleneagles Initiative; 2. Fiscal Space and Economic Performance, 1997-2007; IV. Models and Results; 3. Macroeconomic Impact of Aid Under Gleneagles Commitment, 2007-15; 4. Model-2 Scaling Up Scenario, 2007-15; V. Risk to the Gleneagles Scenario; 5. Debt Vulnerability After Scaling Up Aid, 2007-28

6. Macroeconomic Impact of Aid Under Gleneagles Commitment and With Limited Domestic Capacity, 2007-15VI. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; Bibliography; Appendices; I. Baseline Scenario for Benin; II. The Two Model Properties

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the macroeconomic implications of scaling up aid for Benin in line with the Gleneagles commitment to double aid to poor countries over the next three years to reach $85 per capita by 2010 and keep it at that level thereafter. The analysis suggests that the additional aid inflows can be accommodated under Fund-supported programs without major disruptions to macroeconomic stability, provided the inflows are highly concessional and used effectively. There are, however, significant risks that the impact on growth and poverty reduction of the additional aid inflows could fall short of expectations, given Benin's limited absorptive and administrative capacity.