Debt and HIPC
Latest Additions
- Implementation, impact and costs of the enhanced HIPC
- ( D. Leipziger;M. Allen / HIPC Progress to Date, World Bank , 2007)
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This report provides an update on the status of implementation, impact and costs of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) s...
- Is a binding framework on sovereign debt needed to tackle irresponsible lending?
- ( A. Caliari;J. Merckaert / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity , 2007)
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Irresponsible lending and the lack of creditor accountability for it are arguably at the very heart of the endless string of creditor-driven attempts to grant indebted countries “a lasting ex...
- Does debt relief lead to increased policy space for developing countries?
- ( C. Tan / Third World Network , 2007)
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Following the G8 meeting at Gleneagles in 2005, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was introduced, aiming to cancel 100 percent of eligible debt stock owed by eligible countries to inte...
- The impact of debt on public service provision
- ( Jubilee Debt Campaign , 2007)
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In many of the poorest countries, the provision of decent, accessible public services is threatened by huge debt burdens and damaging policies demanded by creditors. This policy brief highlights th...
- Should heavily indebted countries have to pay back “odious” debt?
- ( V. Nehru / World Bank , 2007)
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Non-governmental and civil society organisations have increasingly called for the cancellation of “odious” debt for developing countries. This paper by the World Bank discusses the conc...
- Is debt relief in Mali worth the cost?
- ( M., D. Huse / European Network on Debt and Development , 2007)
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In the last three years, Mali’s debt stock has been reduced significantly as a result of the country’s participation in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and later o...
- Progress report on the HIPC and MDRI initiatives
- ( D. Leipziger; M. Allen / International Monetary Fund , 2006)
- The report concludes that the volume of debt relief has increased significantly since the inception of the HIPC Initiative in 1996, thereby reducing HIPCs’ debt service burdens and allowing them to fi...
- Lessons from Uganda for managing African external debt and current account positions
- ( L. Kasekende / UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2005)
- This paper assess the sustainability of Uganda’s external debt and current account position with a view to deriving general policy implications for other African countries at a similar level of develo...
- Some progress for HIPC countries, but more needs to be done
- ( World Bank , 2006)
- This update builds on IEG’s 2003 evaluation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative. About $50 billion has been committed in nominal debt service relief under the Enhanced HIPC initiative to...
- Proposing the creation of a stability and social investment facility
- ( K. Dervis; N. Birdsall / Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- This working paper proposes the creation of a "Stability and Social Investment Facility" (SSF) to be housed either at the IMF or the World Bank. It would be a long-term facility to help high-debt emer...
