Does Conditionality Mitigate the Potential Negative Effect of Aid on Revenues?

Ernesto Crivelli () and Sanjeev Gupta

No 2016/142, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper assesses whether conditionality in IMF-supported programs has helped offset the potential negative effect of foreign aid on tax revenues. The analysis—carried out on panel data covering 1993–2012 for 111 low- and middle-income countries—shows that growing use of revenue conditionality by low-income countries partially offsets the depressing effect of foreign grants on tax revenue, particularly on taxes on goods and services. The impact of conditionality is strong in countries where aid dependence is high and where institutions are strong, suggesting that revenue conditionality cannot substitute for weak institutions in mitigating the negative effect of aid on tax revenue collection.

Keywords: WP; revenue; revenue conditionality; ODA; tax; Foreign aid; Tax revenue reform; structural conditionality; tax revenue collection; conditionality variable; aid-tax revenue relationship; conditionality dummy; conditionality in fund program; IMF database; revenue dataset; revenue statistics; ODA grant; extent revenue conditionality in IMF program; collection to ODA and conditionality; Consumption taxes; Tax collection; Income and capital gains taxes; Personal income; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2016-07-21
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