Reforming Aid: Toward More Predictable, Performance-Based Financing for Development
We explore ways of mitigating the costs of aid volatility: in particular, we show that these can be dramatically reduced by a flexible pre-commitment rule which adjusts flows in the case of drastic improvements or deteriorations in country performance ratings. Such a system can further reduce variab...
Main Authors: | Eifert, Benn, Gelb, Alan |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5682 |
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