International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries

The global financial crisis has already led to sharp downturns in the developing world. In the past, international aid has been able to offset partially the effects of crises that began in the developing world, but because this crisis began in the...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh, Knack, Steve, Rogers, Halsey
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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topic AID FLOWS
AID INSTITUTIONS
AID PROGRAMS
ASSET SALES
BAILOUT
BAILOUTS
BANK BAILOUTS
BANK POLICY
BANKING SECTORS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKS
BILATERAL AID
BUDGET DEFICITS
BUDGET SURPLUS
CAPITA INCOME
CAPITAL FLOW
CASH FLOW
CHECKS
COUNTRY RISK
CRISIS COUNTRIES
DEBT
DEBT OVERHANG
DEBT OVERHANGS
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT STOCKS
DEFAULTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC NEEDS
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXPENDITURE
FEDERAL BUDGET
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL VOLATILITY
FISCAL POLICY
FLUCTUATIONS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INSTRUMENT
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL AID
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LABOR FORCE
LOAN
MARKET VOLATILITY
MOTIVATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CRISES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PROCESS
POST-CRISIS PERIODS
PRIORITIES
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE DEBT
PRIVATE FINANCE
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS
PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
RECESSION
RECESSIONS
REPAYMENTS
REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
RETURN
RETURNS
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS
SAVINGS
STANDARD ERRORS
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISES
SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISIS
TAX
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
VARIABLE COST
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
spellingShingle AID FLOWS
AID INSTITUTIONS
AID PROGRAMS
ASSET SALES
BAILOUT
BAILOUTS
BANK BAILOUTS
BANK POLICY
BANKING SECTORS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKS
BILATERAL AID
BUDGET DEFICITS
BUDGET SURPLUS
CAPITA INCOME
CAPITAL FLOW
CASH FLOW
CHECKS
COUNTRY RISK
CRISIS COUNTRIES
DEBT
DEBT OVERHANG
DEBT OVERHANGS
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT STOCKS
DEFAULTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC NEEDS
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXPENDITURE
FEDERAL BUDGET
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL VOLATILITY
FISCAL POLICY
FLUCTUATIONS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INSTRUMENT
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL AID
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LABOR FORCE
LOAN
MARKET VOLATILITY
MOTIVATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CRISES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PROCESS
POST-CRISIS PERIODS
PRIORITIES
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE DEBT
PRIVATE FINANCE
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS
PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
RECESSION
RECESSIONS
REPAYMENTS
REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
RETURN
RETURNS
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS
SAVINGS
STANDARD ERRORS
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISES
SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISIS
TAX
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
VARIABLE COST
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Dang, Hai-Anh
Knack, Steve
Rogers, Halsey
International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5162
description The global financial crisis has already led to sharp downturns in the developing world. In the past, international aid has been able to offset partially the effects of crises that began in the developing world, but because this crisis began in the wealthy countries, donors may be less willing or able to increase aid in this crisis. Not only have donor-country incomes fallen, but the cause of the drop -- the banking and financial-sector crisis -- may exacerbate the effect on aid flows because of its heavy fiscal costs. This paper estimates how donor-country banking crises have affected aid flows in the past, using panel data from 24 donor countries between 1977 and 2007. The analysis finds that banking crises in donor countries are associated with a substantial additional fall in aid flows, beyond any income-related effects, perhaps because of the high fiscal costs of crisis and the debt hangover in the post-crisis periods. In most specifications, aid flows from crisis-affected countries fall by an average of 20 to 25 percent (relative to the counterfactual) and bottom out only about a decade after the banking crisis hits. In addition, the results confirm that donor-country incomes are robustly related to per-capita aid flows, with an elasticity of about 3. Because all donor countries are being hit hard by the current global recession, and several have also suffered banking-sector crises, there are reasons to expect that aid could fall by a significant amount (again, relative to the counterfactual) in the coming years -- just when aid may be most clearly justified to help smooth exogenous shocks to developing countries.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Dang, Hai-Anh
Knack, Steve
Rogers, Halsey
author_facet Dang, Hai-Anh
Knack, Steve
Rogers, Halsey
author_sort Dang, Hai-Anh
title International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
title_short International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
title_full International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
title_fullStr International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
title_full_unstemmed International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries
title_sort international aid and financial crises in donor countries
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-43492021-04-23T14:02:17Z International Aid and Financial Crises in Donor Countries Dang, Hai-Anh Knack, Steve Rogers, Halsey AID FLOWS AID INSTITUTIONS AID PROGRAMS ASSET SALES BAILOUT BAILOUTS BANK BAILOUTS BANK POLICY BANKING SECTORS BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BANKS BILATERAL AID BUDGET DEFICITS BUDGET SURPLUS CAPITA INCOME CAPITAL FLOW CASH FLOW CHECKS COUNTRY RISK CRISIS COUNTRIES DEBT DEBT OVERHANG DEBT OVERHANGS DEBT RELIEF DEBT STOCKS DEFAULTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISBURSEMENTS DOMESTIC BANKING DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC NEEDS DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EXPENDITURE FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL VOLATILITY FISCAL POLICY FLUCTUATIONS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSTRUMENT INTEREST PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL AID INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RISK GUIDE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND LABOR FORCE LOAN MARKET VOLATILITY MOTIVATION NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CRISES PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PROCESS POST-CRISIS PERIODS PRIORITIES PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE DEBT PRIVATE FINANCE PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT PUBLIC SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES RECESSION RECESSIONS REPAYMENTS REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL RETURN RETURNS REVIEW OF ECONOMICS SAVINGS STANDARD ERRORS STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISES SYSTEMIC BANKING CRISIS TAX TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VARIABLE COST WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS The global financial crisis has already led to sharp downturns in the developing world. In the past, international aid has been able to offset partially the effects of crises that began in the developing world, but because this crisis began in the wealthy countries, donors may be less willing or able to increase aid in this crisis. Not only have donor-country incomes fallen, but the cause of the drop -- the banking and financial-sector crisis -- may exacerbate the effect on aid flows because of its heavy fiscal costs. This paper estimates how donor-country banking crises have affected aid flows in the past, using panel data from 24 donor countries between 1977 and 2007. The analysis finds that banking crises in donor countries are associated with a substantial additional fall in aid flows, beyond any income-related effects, perhaps because of the high fiscal costs of crisis and the debt hangover in the post-crisis periods. In most specifications, aid flows from crisis-affected countries fall by an average of 20 to 25 percent (relative to the counterfactual) and bottom out only about a decade after the banking crisis hits. In addition, the results confirm that donor-country incomes are robustly related to per-capita aid flows, with an elasticity of about 3. Because all donor countries are being hit hard by the current global recession, and several have also suffered banking-sector crises, there are reasons to expect that aid could fall by a significant amount (again, relative to the counterfactual) in the coming years -- just when aid may be most clearly justified to help smooth exogenous shocks to developing countries. 2012-03-19T19:14:32Z 2012-03-19T19:14:32Z 2009-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091229212514 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4349 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5162 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region