Very little attention has been paid to the possible side-effects of emphasizing the active role of government in resource mobilization. The mobilization drive has tended to create a detrimental environment for macroeconomic management. In general, once priority is given to domestic resource mobilization, monetary and fiscal policies will also tend to be ‘mobilized’ as the instrument to support economic development, thereby marking the role of macroeconomic stabilization inoperative. Low interest rates, base money creation, and tax-and-expenditure instruments all tend to be utilized to support policy loans for important industries. The search for the best methods of mobilizing available resources to support economic development becomes the dominant concern to the detriment of macroeconomic stability.