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Do IMF-Supported Programs Catalyze Donor Assistance to Low-Income Countries?

By Yasemin Bal Gunduz, Masyita Crystallin

November 12, 2014

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Yasemin Bal Gunduz, and Masyita Crystallin. Do IMF-Supported Programs Catalyze Donor Assistance to Low-Income Countries?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed December 22, 2024
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Summary

This study explores whether IMF-supported programs in low-income countries (LICs) catalyze Official Development Assistance (ODA). Based on a comprehensive set of ODA measures and using Propensity Score Matching approach to address selection bias, we show that programs addressing policy or exogenous shocks have a significant catalytic impact on both the size and the modality of ODA. Moreover, the impact is greatest when LICs are faced with substantial macroeconomic imbalances or large shocks. Nevertheless, when countries attracting similar donor assistance before shocks are matched results for bilateral ODA turn insignificant, suggesting that the catalytic impact is attributed primarily to multilateral ODA.

Subject: Balance of payments need, Debt relief, Foreign aid, Foreign direct investment, Sensitivity analysis

Keywords: Balance of payments, IMF financing, IMF-supported program, ODA disbursement, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    33

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2014/202

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2014202

  • ISBN:

    9781498381635

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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