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HIPC: flogging a dead process
Jubilee Research, 2001This article reviews and criticises the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.The article shows that:all 23 HIPCs will very soon have unsustainable levels of debt again, if realistic projections for economic growth and commodity prices are used, instead of the World Bank/IMF’s over-optimistic economic growth and inflated commodity price projectionsonly 3 countries, UgandDocumentAdjustment in Africa: lessons from Ghana (ODI Briefing Paper)
Overseas Development Institute, 1999DocumentRole of the IMF: financing and its interactions with adjustment and surveillance
International Monetary Fund, 1999DocumentJoint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt
Bank for International Settlements, 1999Covers:Bank and trade-related non-bank external claims on individual borrowing countries and territoriesSemi-annual data on claims and exchange rate adjusted changes in claims.This semi-annual survey is prepared and published jointly by the BIS and the OECD.DocumentDo women workers gain or lose during economic growth or adjustment? (HCD Dissemination Note)
HNPFLASH, 1999DocumentSocial dimensions of adjustment: a general assessment
Information Bank on African Development Studies, 1999DocumentTrade reform, efficiency and growth
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995Countries with well functioning markets and a diversified production structure benefit more than other countries from the productivity gains through trade reform.The main objective of trade reform is to make markets more competitive and, by introducing competition among previously protected domestic firms, to change the behavior and performance of firms.DocumentShort - term supply response to a devaluation : a model's implications for primary commodity - exporting developing countries
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995The success of devaluation depends on the "right" timing of the primary export commodity's production cycle and on the absence of middlemen who affect the devaluation's pass through to producers.Boccara and Nsengiyumva evaluate whether, in the short run, a devaluation could be contractionary in developing countries that export primary commodities.Pages
