Monetary Policy Rules for Managing Aid Surges in Africa /

Since the turn of the century, aid flows to Africa have increased on average and become more volatile. As a result, policymakers, particularly in post-stabilization countries where inflation has only recently been brought under control, have been increasingly preoccupied with how best to deploy the...

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Main Author: Buffie, Edward
Other Authors: Adam, Christopher, O'Connell, Stephen, Pattillo, Catherine
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/180
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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