01909cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006180 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451874198 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Yackovlev, Irene. Cyclical Patterns of Government Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa : Facts and Factors / Irene Yackovlev, Victor Lledo, Lucie Gadenne. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper documents cyclical patterns of government expenditures in sub-Saharan Africa since 1970 and explains variation between countries and over time. Controlling for endogeneity, it finds government expenditures to be slightly more procyclical in sub-Saharan Africa than in other developing countries and some evidence that procyclicality in Africa has declined in recent years after a period of sharp increase through the 1990s. Greater fiscal space, proxied by lower external debt, and better access to concessional financing, proxied by larger aid flows, seem to be important factors in diminishing procyclicality in the region. The role of institutions is less clear cut: changes in political institutions have no impact on procyclicality. Mode of access: Internet Gadenne, Lucie. Lledo, Victor. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/274 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2009/274/001.2009.issue-274-en.xml IMF e-Library