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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eifert, Benn, Gelb, Alan
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5682

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