Challenges in Expanding Development Assistance

IMF Policy Discussion Papers, March 1, 2002

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• Authors: Peter S. Heller, Sanjeev Gupta
• Published: March 1, 2002
• Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451972788.003

Overview and Purpose

• Authors: Peter S. Heller, Sanjeev Gupta
• Publication date: March 1, 2002
• Paper series: IMF Policy Discussion Paper No. 2002/005, Issue 005, Volume 2002
• Pages: 46
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451972788.003
• Core objective: Highlight macro and microeconomic challenges associated with mobilizing 0.7 percent of GNP for official development assistance (ODA) and to recommend approaches to make enhanced ODA as productive as possible to promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Key Findings

• Primary mobilization target: 0.7 percent of GNP for official development assistance (ODA).
• Productivity imperative: Enhanced ODA must be as productive as possible to promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
• Distribution concerns: In weighing the distribution of enhanced ODA among countries, the paper emphasizes the need to limit potentially adverse “real transfer effects.”
• Recommended multi-pronged approach: The paper recommends a multi-pronged approach to ODA that includes, inter alia, in addition to direct bilateral transfers, enhanced use of trust funds and the financing of global public goods.

Policy Recommendations and Instruments

• Multi-pronged ODA strategy:
  • Maintain direct bilateral transfers.
  • Enhance use of trust funds.
  • Finance global public goods.
• Distributional guidance:
  • Limit potentially adverse “real transfer effects” when allocating enhanced ODA across recipient countries.
• Productivity focus:
  • Ensure enhanced ODA is targeted and structured to maximize its productivity toward the Millennium Development Goals.

Thematic Areas and Keywords

• Subjects: Absorptive capacity, Balance of payments, Extra-budgetary funds, Foreign exchange, National accounts, Personal income, Poverty, Public financial management (PFM), Real exchange rates
• Keywords: absorptive capacity, commitments of the European Union, countries of the world, country market, country partnership, distributional criterion, donor country, Extra-budgetary funds, Global, international public goods, low income, ODA, PDP, Personal income, poverty, public goods, Real exchange rates, recipient country, transition country

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• Stock No: PPIEA0052002
• ISBN: 9781451972788
• ISSN: 1564-5193
• Citation example in source: Peter S. Heller, and Sanjeev Gupta. "Challenges in Expanding Development Assistance", IMF Policy Discussion Papers 2002, 005 (2002), accessed 9/20/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451972788.003

Source: Challenges in Expanding Development Assistance, IMF Policy Discussion Papers (Peter S. Heller; Sanjeev Gupta), March 1, 2002.

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