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  Treacherous conditions: how IMF and World Bank policies tied to debt relief are undermining development

  World Development Movement, 2003

  This report analyses recent initiatives for debt relief led by the World Bank and the IMF, such as the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, and the conditionalities associated to them.
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  A review of regional strategies addressing poverty

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This paper reviews the main development strategies that have been pursued in Africa since the 1970s with the aim of stirring a debate that can be helpful in the search for new opportunities for poverty reduction in the region.The paper focuses its attention on the following broad policies:Structural adjustment policies: characterised by a keen interest on the part of internationa
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  The crisis that was not prevented: lessons for Argentina, the IMF, and globalisation

  Forum on Debt and Development, 2003

  This book provides an overview of the current thinking about the Argentine crisis and reveals the limitations of the so-called "Washington Consensus". The book results from the international research project Global Financial Governance Initiative, which brings together Northern and Southern perspectives on key international financial issues.
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  External debt statistics: guide for compilers and users

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This guide provides comprehensive guidance for the measurement and presentation of external debt statistics. It also provides advice on the compilation of these data and on their analytical use.
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  An alternative approach to debt cancellation and new borrowing for Africa

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This paper critically analyses the HIPC Initiative and its effects on debt sustainability and the recipient countries’ capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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  The IMF: wrong diagnosis, wrong medicine

  Oxfam, 1999

  Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change.
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  Should Africa’s external debt be re-evaluated?: a preliminary study

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  The study seeks to identify and examine possible motives for the re-evaluation of Africa’s debt, in view of the burden it exerts on the continent’s development efforts. The conceptual rationales that are proposed are consistent with neo-classical economics and focus on the possibility that market imperfections could cause mis-pricing of African debt claims.
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  A critical assessment of existing debt proposals

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This paper investigates some of the key issues related to the assessment of sustainability and practices aimed at enhancing external debt sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa.Conclusions include:debt sustainability should be assessed by looking at many indicators simultaneously and comparing them against empirically determined critical values adjusted to account for country specific-fac
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  Minimizing the impact of commodity shocks in Africa for debt sustainability: an issues paper

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This paper explores various policy options for mitigating the impact of shocks (volatility of import and export commodity prices, climate) on African HIPC countries. These include insurance and hedging schemes.
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  Realignment of debt service obligations and ability to pay in concessional lending: feasibility and modalities

  HIPC Progress to Date, World Bank, 2003

  This paper studies schemes which have the potential to increase the flexibility of heavily indebted primary producing countries in meeting their debt service obligations by making debt service repayments contingent on the world prices of the commodities they export.

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