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lends funds based on ex-post criteria, which might induce moral hazard behavior by the borrowing country. The moral hazard problem appears when a government behaves in a risky manner in the anticipation that it can turn to the IMF in the case of a crisis. Institutional reforms of the International
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they receive the aid. Later follow-ups determine whether they might receive more aid. If conditions are not met or other political differences between the donor and recipient materialize, aid may be suspended. Ex-ante conditionality requires a country to meet certain conditions and prove it can
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in 2005 estimated that only about 8 per cent of bilateral aid is 'tied', down from 27 per cent in 1990. This however varies from country to country with the United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway giving 100 per cent of their aid untied, and Canada, Austria and Spain giving less than 60 per cent.
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Other types of conditionality that often occur are aid which is tied to be used in a specific way. For example, many countries tie aid to the purchasing of domestic products, although this practice has drastically decreased over the past 15 years. The
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Much debate in types of conditionality centers around ex-ante versus ex-post conditionality. In ex-post conditionality, the country receiving aid agrees to conditions set by the donor or lender that they will carry out
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Monetary Fund, such as the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in 1999, attempt to reduce moral hazard by relying more on pre-set qualification criteria (i.e. ex-ante).
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or a donor country with respect to loans, debt relief and financial aid. Conditionalities may involve relatively uncontroversial requirements to enhance
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Susan M. Collins, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Public Policy 201 Lecture on Global Poverty
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or regional organizations and are intended to improve economic conditions within the recipient country.
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as they were prominent in the structural adjustment programs following the debt crisis of the 1980s.
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Free video clip of Martin Khor (Director, Third World Network) speaking about structural adjustment
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Untying the knots - How the World Bank is failing to deliver real change on conditionality
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European Network on Debt and Development reports, news and links on conditionality.
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Stefan Koeberle; Harold Bedoya; Peter Silarsky; Gero Verheyen, eds. (2005).
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Dogmatic Development: Privatisation and conditionalities in six countries
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is the use of conditions attached to the provision of benefits such as a
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measures, but they may involve highly controversial ones, such as
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Conditionality Revisited: Concepts, Experiences, and Lessons
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Conditionality in IMF-supported programs - overview
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Index

Conditionality (disambiguation)
political economy
international relations
loan
debt relief
bilateral aid
international financial institutions
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
aid effectiveness
corruption
austerity
privatization
public services
structural adjustment
IMF
United Nations
Human Development Report
European Union
enlargement
Copenhagen criteria
acquis communautaire
Consideration
Development aid
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Structural adjustment
Conditionality Revisited: Concepts, Experiences, and Lessons
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0-8213-6013-2
"Carrots as Sticks: How Effective Are Foreign Aid Suspensions and Economic Sanctions?"

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