Debt
- Reports on the international financial architecture [International Financial Crisis / Transparency and Accountability / Strengthening Financial Systems]
- World Bank, 1998
- Motivated by Asian financial crisis, reports from 3 working groups examine issues related to the stability of the international financial system and the effective functioning of global capital markets. recommendations include: ...
- Encouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform
- M. Whiteside / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for s...
- Tentative Costing of Illustrative Alternatives to the HIPC Initiative Framework
- International Monetary Fund, 1999
- Tentative estimates of the costs of changing some key parameters of the current framework of the HIPC Initiative. Intended to illustrate the kinds of proposals which have been made by NGOs such as Eurodad, Jubilee 2000, Oxfam, and rel...
- Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999
- Latest international data available, mainly from creditor sources, on the external debt of developing and transition countries and territories. The information is presented in the form of country tables that are updated quarterly. The...
- How Did Highly Indebted Poor Countries Become Highly Indebted?: Reviewing Two Decades of Debt Relief
- W. Easterly / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Theoretical models predict that countries with unchanged long-run savings preferences will respond to debt relief by running up new debts or by running down assets. And there are some signs that incremental debt relief over the past t...
- Questions the accuracy of World Bank indicators of debt-distress and their use as HIPC sustainability targets
- P. Hjertholm / Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1999
- These targets are interpreted as `switching values', below which countries are (on average) expected to avoid debt service problems, but as such, they do not take into account that countries encounter debt service problems for a varie...
- New HIPC poverty reporting requirements
- J. Healey; M. Foster; A. Norton; D. Booth / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Sets out thinking since the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Iniative II linked debt relief to national poverty reduction frameworks in summer 1999 (including the requirement to draft draft comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy ...
- Commentary on the Cologne Initiative
- J. Sachs / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 1999
- Dropping the debt for the new millenium: is it such a good idea?
- T. Allen; D. Weinhold / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2000
- This paper examines the economic analyses and popular rhetoric surrounding the debt relief initiatives of Jubilee 2000 and the World Bank. It is pointed out that simplistic calls to 'drop the debt' may be counterproductive. The...
- HIPC Initiative will not be a lasting solution to debt problems unless accomapnied by strong economic growth
- Government Accountability Office, US Congress, 2000
- Official report prepared for the US Congress. Argues that the initiative is not likely to provide recipients with a lasting exit from their debt problems, unless they achieve strong, sustained economic growth. The main issues r...
- Encouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform
- M. Whiteside / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for s...
- Tentative Costing of Illustrative Alternatives to the HIPC Initiative Framework
- International Monetary Fund, 1999
- Tentative estimates of the costs of changing some key parameters of the current framework of the HIPC Initiative. Intended to illustrate the kinds of proposals which have been made by NGOs such as Eurodad, Jubilee 2000, Oxfam, and rel...
- Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999
- Latest international data available, mainly from creditor sources, on the external debt of developing and transition countries and territories. The information is presented in the form of country tables that are updated quarterly. The...
- How Did Highly Indebted Poor Countries Become Highly Indebted?: Reviewing Two Decades of Debt Relief
- W. Easterly / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Theoretical models predict that countries with unchanged long-run savings preferences will respond to debt relief by running up new debts or by running down assets. And there are some signs that incremental debt relief over the past t...
- Questions the accuracy of World Bank indicators of debt-distress and their use as HIPC sustainability targets
- P. Hjertholm / Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1999
- These targets are interpreted as `switching values', below which countries are (on average) expected to avoid debt service problems, but as such, they do not take into account that countries encounter debt service problems for a varie...
- New HIPC poverty reporting requirements
- J. Healey; M. Foster; A. Norton; D. Booth / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Sets out thinking since the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Iniative II linked debt relief to national poverty reduction frameworks in summer 1999 (including the requirement to draft draft comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy ...
- Commentary on the Cologne Initiative
- J. Sachs / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 1999
- Dropping the debt for the new millenium: is it such a good idea?
- T. Allen; D. Weinhold / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2000
- This paper examines the economic analyses and popular rhetoric surrounding the debt relief initiatives of Jubilee 2000 and the World Bank. It is pointed out that simplistic calls to 'drop the debt' may be counterproductive. The...
- HIPC Initiative will not be a lasting solution to debt problems unless accomapnied by strong economic growth
- Government Accountability Office, US Congress, 2000
- Official report prepared for the US Congress. Argues that the initiative is not likely to provide recipients with a lasting exit from their debt problems, unless they achieve strong, sustained economic growth. The main issues r...
- Describes developments up to April 2000, including country feedback
- Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, IMF, 2000
- Describes developments in the PRSP programme, including Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs) Issues raised by recipient countries have included growth and macroeconomic stability are critical for poverty reduction, but cannot...
- Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC)
- UK-based coalition campaigning to change UK policy on poor country debt
