Aid scaling up : do wage bill ceilings stand in the way? /

Aid scaling up : do wage bill ceilings stand in the way? /

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Author / Creator:	Fedelino, Annalisa, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (35 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/06/106 IMF working paper ; WP/06/106.
Subject:	International Monetary Fund. International Monetary Fund. Wages -- Econometric models. Labor policy -- Econometric models. Economic assistance -- Econometric models. Economic assistance -- Econometric models. Labor policy -- Econometric models. Wages -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12498778

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Other authors / contributors:	Schwartz, Gerd, author. Verhoeven, Marijn, author. International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department.
ISBN:	1283513080 9781283513081 9781451909005 1451909004 9781451863666 1451863667 1462373011 9781462373017 1452779406 9781452779409 9786613825537 6613825530
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Summary:	This paper assesses whether the scaling up of aid and the resulting increase in government spending that is needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would be hampered by wage bill ceilings that are often part of government programs supported by the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Based on country case studies for 2003-05, the paper suggests that, in the past, wage bill ceilings have not restricted the use of available donor funds. Yet the paper offers a number of suggestions for further enhancing the flexibility of wage bill conditionality in PRGF-supported programs to respond to higher aid flows that may result in the future.
Other form:	Print version: Fedelino, Annalisa. Aid scaling up. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., 2006
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781451909005.001

Table of Contents:

Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
II. SCALING UP AID AND THE ROLE OF THE IMF
III. WHY WAGE BILL CEILINGS?
IV. WAGE BILL CONDITIONALITY IN PRACTICE
V. DO WAGE BILL CEILINGS ACCOMMODATE DONOR-FINANCED WAGE SPENDING IN PRIORITY SECTORS?
VI. IMPROVING WAGE BILL CONDITIONALITY
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