Very little attention has been paid to the possibal 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 making the role of macroeconomic stabilization inoperative. Low interest rate, base money creation, and tax-and-expendlture 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.