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Resolution of balance of payments crises: emergency financing and debt workouts

Part of Book Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System

  • Balance of payments
  • Debt relief
  • International agencies
Working Paper
Debt Reduction

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic development
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Additionality of Debt Relief and Debt Forgiveness, and Implications for Future Volumes of Official Assistance

This paper examines the impact of debt forgiveness and debt relief on official development assistance. From the recipient side, the econometric analysis suggests that countries that received debt relief also received more aid compared to those that...

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic assistance and foreign aid
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Debt Relief for Poor Countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief...

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic development
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Debt Relief for Poor Countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief...

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic development
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Africa’s Debt: The World Turns Brighter
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by Tony Addison 2007

by Tony Addison This year is set to see a new chapter open in Africa’s debt story and, for once, it looks like a positive story—as the region begins...

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic development
Working Paper
Resolution of balance of payments crises

This paper analyses the history and effectiveness of the two major mechanisms of resolution of balance of payments crisis. It argues that IMF lending has met its counter-cyclical objectives through history and has been improving in terms of providing...

  • Balance of payments
  • Debt relief
  • International agencies
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New Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms
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by Yilmaz Akyüz 2003

by Ylmaz Akyüz In this article I will discuss the potential of the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms (SDRM), bearing in mind that we are dealing...

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic assistance and foreign aid
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Debt Relief and the Development Architecture
by Nancy Birdsall, Brian Deese 2001

by Nancy Birdsall and Brian Deese The now famous international movement to reduce the debts of the world’s poorest countries (culminating in the HIPC...

  • Debt relief
  • Economic assistance and foreign aid
Book Chapter
Lessons of the 1890s and 1980s

Part of Book Debt, Stabilization and Development

  • Debt relief
  • Financial crisis
  • History of monetary policy
Book Chapter
The Debt Overhang of Developing Countries

Part of Book Debt, Stabilization and Development

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Financial institutions, International
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Resolving the HIPC Problem

Part of Book Debt Relief for Poor Countries

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic policy
Book Chapter
Introduction

Part of Book Debt Relief for Poor Countries

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic development
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Additionality of Debt Relief and Debt Forgiveness, and Implications for Future Volumes of Official Assistance

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Allocations and Development Financing

  • Debt relief
  • Public debt
  • Economic assistance and foreign aid
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