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U5123854 LySophea Note Taking AcademicSkillsV2
U5123854 LySophea Note Taking AcademicSkillsV2
Kenya)
How to pretend to adjust (Govt create illusion of adjustment such as creative fiscal accounting, Public debt to reduce deficit--> higher payoffs of debts tomorrow.
The adjustment lending was incompatible with people response responses to incentives as did not create the right incentive for either the lenders or the recipients.
Looking forward (Recommendation) Conl: Adj lending is a wrong formula for growth Tie aids to past country [policy] performance, not premise, giving the countrys government an incentive to pursue growth-creating policies. Government performance rating : deficit, corruption, inflation, financial development, and the black market premium on the foreign exchange). Aid contests: proposal from recipients for growthpromoting use of the aid money.
Some success: Eating the future (reduce expenditure today return for a future liability, a lower inflation today at the high cost of inflation tomorrow) -Stella growth: Eg. Thai (5.3%), Korean (6.7%) Slow/low growth : Ghana (1.6%)Argentina (4.7%), Peru (2.6%) 1