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  Relief works: African proposals for debt cancellation – and why debt relief works

  Jubilee Research, 2002

  The external debt owed by African countries is almost $300 billion. This is about 12 percent of the total debt owed by developing countries. This report analyses the current state of debt relief offered to Africa and underlines the importance of the “New Partnership for Africa’s Development” (NEPAD).
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  Balancing the other budget: proposal for solving the greater debt crisis

  New Economics Foundation, 2002

  Despite the pledge of support by industrialised countries, developing countries are still paying billion of dollars to their creditors and the debt of the South to the North is increasing more and more rather than decreasing. On the other hand, a different type of debt is becoming increasingly worrying.
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  The enhanced HIPC initiative and the achievement of long-term external debt sustainability

  World Bank Publications, 2002

  This paper analyses the impact of the current economic recession on the external debt sustainability situation of the 24 heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs).The key findings of this paper are:the HIPCs’ growth and export performance in the last two years has reduced due to the considerable decrease of many primary commodity prices and the global economic slowdownmany countries h
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  Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative: status of implementation 2002

  Debt Initiative for Highly Indebted Poor Countries, World Bank, 2002

  What progress is being made under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative towards reducing poor countries’ debt to sustainable levels? This World Bank/IMF six-monthly progress report provides updated details of the status of implementation and of levels of participation by creditors.
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  Responding to the financial crisis: better off without the IMF?: The case for Jamaica

  Finance and Development Research Programme, DFID, 2002

  Looks at the experience of Jamaica in its response to the adverse economic and social effects of the financial crisis in the 1990s.
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  Private sector development: pro-poor, or merely poor, service delivery?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  Looks at whether the private sector development addresses the challenges faced within pro-poor development, and draws on past experience of privatisation, especially within the context of privatisation.
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  A joint submission to the World Bank and IMF Review of HIPC and Debt Sustainability

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2002

  Urges that a clear link be established between MDGs, the HIPC review, and the sustainability of debt relief. It reccommends a series of steps to mobilise necessary financial flows, and proposes that the World Bank and IMF and their shareholders ought to radically alter the way in which debt relief is calculated and provided.
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  PRSP: beyond the theory: practical experiences and positions of involved civil society organisations

  Bread for the World, 2002

  This report argues that the PRSP process is built on a 'trickle-down' theory, with ‘pro-poor growth’ being put forward as a solution to poverty reduction. The emphasis here, is that countries will strive to create a conducive macro-economic environment for investment, and that the market will take care of the rest.
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  Blinding with science or encouraging debate: how World Bank analysis determines PRSP policies

  Bretton Woods Project, 2002

  This paper argues for a more inclusive approach toward World Bank research and policy analysis, emphasising that NGOs, parliamentarians and other interested parties should focus more attention on the analytical work conducted or commissioned by the World Bank in their countries or sectors which may influence negotiations and financial allocations.Furthermore, recipient countries ought to be al
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  Asset prices, financial and monetary stability: exploring the nexus

  Bank for International Settlements, 2002

  The last twenty years of the 20th century are simultaneously characterised by a positive phase for the monetary economy thanks to the maintaining of price stability and a troublesome phase for the financial economy.This paper addresses whether:this situation is coincidentalthere is any relationship between monetary and financial stabilityit is possible to guarantee both at the s

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