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Aid Volatility and Macro Risks in Low-Income Countries

Title
Aid Volatility and Macro Risks in Low-Income Countries [electronic resource] / Eduardo Borensztein ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Borensztein, Eduardo.
  • Cagé, Julia.
  • Cohen, Daniel.
  • Valadier, Cécile.
Description
43 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
The report argues that aid volatility is an important source of volatility for the poorest countries. Following a method already applied by the Agence Française de Développement, the report argues that loans to LICs should incorporate a floating grace period, which the country could draw upon when hit by a shock. The definition of a shock should include aid uncertainty, along with others such as commodity shocks and natural disasters. The idea is calibrated to a key IMF policy instrument towards Low-Income Countries, the Poverty-Reducing and Growth Facility (PRGF).
Series Statement
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.273
Uniform Title
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, no.273.
Subject
Development
LCCN
10.1787/227667286811
OCLC
oecd-lib-003921
Title
Aid Volatility and Macro Risks in Low-Income Countries [electronic resource] / Eduardo Borensztein ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.
Series
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.273
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.273.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/227667286811
Indexed Term
Development
Added Author
Borensztein, Eduardo.
Cagé, Julia.
Cohen, Daniel.
Valadier, Cécile.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/227667286811 doi
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