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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959817303321

Autore

Hamann A

Titolo

Volatility of Development Aid : : From the Frying Pan into the Fire? / / A. Hamann, Ales Bulir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613821959

9781462361922

1462361927

9781452784458

1452784450

9781282541177

128254117X

9781451908619

145190861X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

BulirAles

Soggetti

Economic assistance

International economic relations

Aid flows

Banks

Currency

Depository Institutions

Development assistance

Exports and Imports

Finance

Finance: General

Financial risk management

Foreign Aid

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation

Industries: Financial Services

International economics

International relief

Loans

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Procyclicality



Purchasing power parity

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. VOLATILITY AND PREDICTABILITY OF AID: WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ISSUE?""; ""III. DATA AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES""; ""IV. MEASURING THE VARIABILITY OF AID: THREE APPROACHES""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

The positive impact of foreign aid is limited by the erratic behavior of aid flows. The introduction in 1999 of various initiatives anchored in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) which were aimed at strengthening coordination among donors, improving the design of financial support programs, and improving domestic records of policy implementation should have led to an improvement in the time series properties of aid flows. We find no evidence of any fundamental changes in the way aid has been delivered in the past five years. If anything, aid volatility has worsened somewhat and the information value of long-term lending commitments has declined. We take these results to mean that the main causes of the volatility and unpredictability of aid, and the broader issue of macroeconomic instability in low-income countries, have not been addressed in a systematic manner by the donor community.