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Overcoming Barriers to Reform : On Incentive-Compatible International Assistance

Author/Editor: Wolfgang Mayer, Alex Mourmouras.

Release Date:September, 2007

International financial assistance (loans and grants) can potentially raise recipients' welfare in two ways, by affecting a direct resource transfer and by facilitating efficiency-enhancing reforms. more...



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On the Viability of Conditional Assistance Programs

Author/Editor: Wolfgang Mayer, Alex Mourmouras.

Release Date:June, 2005

Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This more...



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The Political Economy of Conditional and Unconditional Foreign Assistance : Grants vs. Loan Rollovers

Author/Editor: Wolfgang Mayer, Alex Mourmouras.

Release Date:March, 2004

Improving the effectiveness of financial assistance programs is a priority of international financial institutions (IFIs). This paper examines the effectiveness of alternative assistance instruments more...



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What Determines the Implementation of IMF-Supported Programs?

Author/Editor: Alex Mourmouras, Anna Ivanova, George C Anayotos, Wolfgang Mayer.

Release Date:January, 2003

This paper assesses the implementation of IMF-supported programs using measures of program interruptions, compliance with conditionality, and the share of committed funds disbursed. The econometric more...



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Vested Interests in a Positive Theory of IFI Conditionality

Author/Editor: Alex Mourmouras, Wolfgang Mayer.

Release Date:April, 2002

Understanding of the domestic political environment is key to building broad country ownership and the successful implementation of reform programs supported by international financial institutions more...



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