The Spending and Absorption of Aid in PRGF Supported Programs
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Summary:
This paper studies the spending and absorption of aid in PRGF-supported programs, verifies whether the use aid is programmed to be smoothed over time, and analyzes how considerations about macroeconomic stability influence the programmed use of aid. It finds that PRGF-supported programs allow countries to use most or almost all increases in aid within a few years. The paper finds some evidence that the programmed absorption of aid is higher in countries where reserve coverage is above a certain threshold, whereas programmed spending does not seem to depend on inflation. Finally, it shows that the presence of a PRGFsupported program does not constrain the actual spending and absorption of aid.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2008/237
Subject:
Balance of payments statistics Current account deficits Government debt management Government finance statistics Inflation
English
Publication Date:
October 1, 2008
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451870954/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2008237
Pages:
44
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