The macroeconomic management of increased aid: Policy lessons from recent experience

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 491-509

  Hussain, Mumtaz ^a   Berg, Andrew ^a   Aiyar, Shekhar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CENTRAL BANK; DUTCH DISEASE; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67949085185     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2009.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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