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  Debt-for-AIDS swaps: a UNAIDS policy information brief

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This policy information brief on debt-for-AIDS swaps is intended to provide further insights into debt swaps, along with examples of their use in the context of development projects, and their relative strengths and weaknesses as instruments for financing the scaling-up of HIV/AIDS programmes.The paper begins with a brief, conceptual overview of various categories of swaps, which defines a debt
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  AIDS, economic growth and the HIPC initiative in Honduras

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper explores how the AIDS epidemic is effecting Honduras's macroeconomic health.
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  Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance (Finance for Development in Africa - An issues paper)

  Financing for Development, 2000

  The aim of this Issues Paper is to review the mix of actions necessary to finance the developmental goals of Africa and to present policy options for the consideration of African Finance Ministers.Policy recommendations:While it is essential to mobilise all domestic resources to reduce the resource gap this will only be feasible in the long term.
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  AIDS, poverty reduction and debt relief: a toolkit for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS programmes into development instruments

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001

  Argues that the potential benefits of giving HIV/AIDS a prominent place in PRSPs and HIPC agreements are substantial. They include greater political attention to and increased domestic funding for the national HIV/AIDS programme,as well as a focus on achieving results in implementing a national HIV/AIDS programme.
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  Reality check: the need for deeper debt cancellation and the fight against HIV/AIDS

  Drop the Debt, 2001

  This article emphasises that the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative fails to meet the challenge of significant debt cancellation. The article is critical on several counts.