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  Dynamics of debt accumulation in India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003

  This paper states that debt arises out of differences between cumulated primary deficits and excessive growth over interest rates. The author argues that this had been caused by an increase in the interest rate over the growth rate which led to an increase in the debt-GDP ratio.
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  Fiscal sustainability in African HIPC countries: a policy dilemma?

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper looks at the link between fiscal policy and debt sustainability in a number of African countries participating in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The paper finds that, on the basis of current fiscal policies, debt levels will remain unsustainable even after these countries graduate from the HIPC Initiative. This finding has important policy implications.
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  Why is southern Africa hungry?: the roots of southern Africa's food crisis

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This paper, based on Christian Aid's submission to the House of Commons International Select Committee on International Development, takes an in-depth look at the causes of southern Africa's crisis and looks to ‘real’ solutions beyond the continuation of the humanitarian relief effort.Issues addressed include:Chronic poverty - Food shortages are endemic among subsistence farmers
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  A fresh start for Iraq: the case for debt relief

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper makes a case for writing off Iraq's debt incurred as foreign aid during Saddam Hussein's regime. It argues that the country's dect is unpayable, but also that there are wider moral and legal grounds for reducing Iraq's debt as odious and illegitimate.
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  The IMF and the Millennium Goals: failing to deliver for low income countries

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper states that the IMF plays a key role in defining how much governments can spend, based on their definition of what countries' stabilised macro-economic policies ought to be.
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  Debt and the Millennium Development Goals

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper sets out the policy actions required by the World Bank, IMF, and bilateral donors if their stated commitment to the fulfilment of the MDGs is to be taken seriously. In committing to finance the MDGs, the donor community has set itself a huge challenge .
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  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: progress in implementation 2003

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This latest in the annual series of progress reports on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papgers (PRSPs) highlights tensions that have emerged in the PRSP process, including:concerns about the breadth of the government’s commitment beyond the team responsible for preparation, reinforcing the need for greater cohesion between PRSPs and other planning documentscountries continue to find it a c
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  The impact of increases in public expenditure on poverty in Rwanda

  PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003

  This study of Rwanda's PSIA addresses a poverty and social impact analysis of macroeconomic projections exploring the impact of expenditure programmes subsequent public spending asset out in the countrys' PRSP. The evidence for the key macroeconomic relationships is gained partly from econometric analysis of Rwandan data.
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  Macroeconomic adjustment and the poor: analytical issues and cross-country evidence

  World Bank, 2002

  This paper studies the links between macroeconomic adjustment and poverty.
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  Costing Poverty Reduction Strategies: early experience

  PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2002

  This paper gives an analysis of the Poverty Reduction Strategy approach through assessing fiscal implications of reaching medium and long-term poverty reduction targets.

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