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    The impact of aid and external debt on growth and investment

    Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002
    Additionality is an important issue of the HIPC Initiative.
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    Women's empowerment or the feminisation of debt?: towards a new agenda in African micro-finance

    One World Action, 2002
    This paper is based on discussions at the international conference “Women's empowerment or the feminisation of debt? Towards a new agenda in African micro-finance ” organised by One World Action.
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    Sovereign debt restructuring: where stands the debate?

    International Monetary Fund, 2002
    Sovereign debt restructuring mechanism has become a central item on the agenda of the official sector.The debate on this issue focuses mainly on four different points:universal legal framework to facilitate negotiations and to empower a supermajority of creditors to approve a debt restructuring agreementa broadening of collective action clauses that are already included in some sove
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    Enhancing sovereign debt restructuring

    Rethinking Bretton Woods Campaign, COC, 2002
    Many proposals have been put forward to address the problem of sovereign debt restructuring. In particular, the U.S. Treasury plan promotes a voluntary or market-based solution that calls for the increased use of collective action and representation clauses to formalise ex ante the interaction between the sovereign and its creditors in the event of a restructuring.
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    Can the World Bank enforce its own conditions?: the World Bank and the enforcement critique of conditionality

    World Learning, 2002
    This paper addresses the critique of conditionality that the author terms "the enforcement critique." The enforcement critique argues that conditionality has failed because borrowers do not comply with conditions and suggests a selectivity strategy in which donors would lend to governments that already have good policies and institutions in place. It argues there is not yet sufficient evidence
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    The design of the sovereign debt restructuring mechanism: further considerations

    International Capital Markets, IMF, 2002
    This paper from the IMF details some of the specifics with relation to their proposals for a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism.
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    Poverty in a wealthy economy: the case of Nigeria

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2002
    Along with land, oil and natural resources, Nigeria's economy is endowed with vast human resources, and is among one of the best -placed countries to address poverty in Sub - Saharan Africa. However due to various policy distortions, Nigeria has been crippled in its efforts to tackle poverty.
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    Poverty-eradicating Job Creation

    Economic Policy Research Institute, South Africa, 1999
    This paper presents a macroeconomic framework underlying many policy proposals, by churches, labour, and non-governmental organisations.
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    External debt management in heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs)

    International Monetary Fund, 2002
    Debt management policy plays an important role in ensuring and maintaining long-term debt sustainability.This paper:assesses the current status of external debt management in the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs)identifies the main weaknesses in external debt management capacitysuggests priority areas for further improvementanalyses the role of key international agenci
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    The politics of implementing the structural adjustment program in Nigeria: state repression, coercion & co-optation versus social forces' contestation, 1986-1993

    African Studies Association, 1994
    This article explores the dynamics of the decision by the Federal Military government of Nigeria to adopt and implement an orthodox policy of economic reform - the Structural Adjustment Program, (SAP) on the advice of the IMF and World Bank, and against the wishes of the majority of Nigerian people.

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