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  Post-war debt, reconstruction and poverty alleviation in Mozambique

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper integrates micro- and macro-economic perspectives of post-war reconstruction in Mozambique and suggests policy recommendations for other war-affected highly indebted poor countries.Paper shows how peasant household production and coping choices in northern Mozambique were war-constrained for many years after the end of fighting.
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  The HIPC Initiative and poverty reduction in Ghana: an assessment

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  The paper presents a review of the current debt problem in Ghana and assesses whether debt relief under the HIPC initiative can be effectively translated into poverty reduction.The extent of the debt burden is jeopardising Ghana’s effort at poverty reduction. The evidence suggests that debt relief could have a positive effect on poverty reduction in Ghana.
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  Poverty-reducing institutional change and PRSP processes: the Ghana case

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  Discusses Ghana's political and economic background. It describes and analyses the GPRS process and public and donor responses to this: what are the strengths and weaknesses of the governments design, how much public awareness is there and how supportive are the donors?
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  The impact of aid and external debt on growth and investment insights from cross-country regression analysis

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  The purpose of the present paper is to take a closer look at the impact of aid and external debt on economic growth in developing countries from the mid-1970s to 1993. The paper is organised around a collection of tables presenting the results of a series of cross-country growth regressions.
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  The HIPC debt relief initiative, Uganda's social sector reforms and outcomes

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  Paper identifies the constraints of Uganda's implementation of social reforms via the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), and offers a guide for the future course of reforms. To do this, the paper provides an assessment of performance of the social sector programs being implemented.
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  External debt and debt reduction measures in Uganda

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  Paper presents a country case study of Uganda’s external debt burden, its impact on the country’s economy and the outcomes of the recent debt relief measures implemented by the international community.Findings: Using time series data, we show that external debt flows had positive impacts on investment and GDP growth in Uganda, while accumulated debt demonstrated negative effects on the t
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  Does the HIPC initiative achieve its goal of debt sustainability?

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper examines the question if the HIPC Initiative provides a good basis for HIPCs to exit from repeated debt rescheduling.The article concludes that:one of the most serious problems of the HIPC Initiative is that it may not achieve its key goal of providing a solid exit from future debt rescheduling.
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  Testing for the significant change in the Egyptian economy under the economic reform programme era

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  Paper gives an overview of the Egyptian economy using various indicators and ratios, and asks whether the Egyptian government has succeeded in implementing its economic reform programme.
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  Public spending and poverty in Mozambique

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  Paper assesses the extent to which public expenditure on social sectors constitute a targeted, efficient and powerful instrument for poverty reduction and human development.
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  The impact of external debt on economic growth and private investments in Kenya: an empirical assessment

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper examines the magnitude and structure of Kenya’s external debt, and its impact on economic growth and private investmentThe findings of the study indicate that Kenya’s external debt is mainly official, of which a bigger proportion is from multilateral sources. External debt accumulation has been rising over the years with debt burden indicators increasing steadily in the early 1990s.

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