OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs
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The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs summarise conclusions reached for policy makers.
Also available in: French
- ISSN: 20771681 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20771681
After Gleneagles
What Role for Loans in ODA?
Suppose a DAC donor earmarks $1 billion of taxpayers’ money for official
development assistance (ODA). The donor may use two instruments as an
outright grant or in combination with a market loan to produce a concessional
loan of $2 billion with a percentage grant element of 50 per cent. Many nowadays
think the choice should be clear: provide grants only, leave loans to the market.
The purpose of this Policy Brief is to qualify and inform this choice....
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