The Macroeconomics of Scaling Up Aid: Lessons from Recent Experience

by Andrew Berg, Mumtaz Hussain, Shekhar Aiyar

Analyzes key issues associated with large increases in aid, including absorptive capacity, the Dutch disease, and inflation. The authors develop a framework that emphasizes the different roles of monetary and fiscal policy and apply it to the recent experience of five countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589065913
• ISBN13: 9781589065918
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: International Monetary Fund
• Length: 105 Pages