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  The 2008-2009 financial crisis and the HIPCS: Another debt crisis?

  Money and Finance Research group, 2009

  The current debt crisis in the Heavily Indebted and Poor Countries (HIPC) is hindering economic growth due to increasing bilateral loans and concessional lending, lack of macroeconomic adjustments and structural reforms in the HIPC. This paper states that these countries have started accumulating external debt reaching extreme ratios of debt to GDP and exports.
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  The impact of the financial crisis on conflict and state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa

  Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2009

  It was thought that Sub-Saharan Africa would be largely unaffected by the financial crisis. However, as many Sub-Saharan African countries are dependent on foreign finance inflows and are even more dependent on commodity based exports, this has been swiftly revised.
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  Impact of the economic crisis on children: conference report

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2009

  This document outlines the discussions and recommendations of the "Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific Islands" conference, convened by UNICEF. The conference dealt with the crisis and its impacts on child health, education, labour and family livelihoods and explored the best options for mounting a robust response.
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  The global financial crisis: risks for fragile states in Africa

  Overseas Development Institute, 2009

  This commentary brief considers the risks of the global financial crisis to fragile states, particularly in Africa. The author writes that it poses a serious threat to global peace and security and has the potential to create the conditions whereby policy disputes spiral into instability – violent or non-violent.
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  Facing challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequalities in the Arab region: do policy choices of Arab governments still hold after the global crisis?

  Arab NGO Network for Development, 2009

  Countries in the Arab region are particularly vulnerable to the fallout of the global economic crisis as a result of already existing high levels of unemployment, dependency on food imports, widespread conflict and political insecurity and vulnerability to impact of climate change.
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  Africa’s recovery from the global economic crisis

  United Nations University, 2009

  African economies have been shaken by the global economic downturn which followed the US-centered financial crisis of 2008. Africa’s growth rate for 2009 and 2010 has recently been revised substantially downwards by international financial institutions.This article discusses some of the steps which can be taken to minimise the impact on Africa and speed up recovery.
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  Protifolon: Impact of global financial crisis on the economy of Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2009

  Since the collapse of the United States sub prime mortgage market and the subsequent international global crisis, many developed and developing countries have been plunged into deep recession. Bangladesh, whose economy is less dependent than some on international capital and foreign investment, found itself in a less critical position but still took early steps to shield it's economy.
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  Improving food security in Arab countries

  World Bank Publications, 2009

  Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and urbanisation. Countries need to act urgently to improve food security.
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  A new debt crisis? Assessing the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries

  Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2009

  The global financial crisis is already having a severe effect on the developing world. Many prominent donor countries have announced draconian cuts to their overseas aid budgets; falling global demand for goods is being felt by many producers in poorer countries; whilst much-needed foreign remittances, are, according to the IMF, falling for the first time in decades.
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  From collapse to opportunity: development perspectives on the global financial crisis

  International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, 2009

  The global crises grew out of an economic model that is fuelled by risk-taking and speculation, with lopsided standards that cannot effectively supervise such behaviour. The present model of growth is based on an unsustainable over-exploitation of natural resources.

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