Volume 22, Number 2

A Simulation of the Macroeconomic Impact of ODA with the Debt Factor: The Philippine Experience

Abstract

Foreign aid has always been treated as “cheap mons.” In the past, aid studies almost always implicitly assumed that the economic impact of ODA loans is negligible. This paper, however, takes an opposite view and presents that ODA debt implications do matter. It is proposed that while aid carries “softer” terms that reduces the burden of a given debt, it may not always be intuitively obvious that these “softer” repayment terms will also produce a larger debt out of a given flow of loans resulting to higher interest rate.

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The Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). It serves as a platform for disseminating policy-oriented research on development issues, including the economy, business, public administration, foreign relations, sociology, and political dynamics. 

P-ISSN 2508-0954 • E-ISSN 2508-0849 • https://doi.org/10.62986/pjd