Delivering on debt relief : from IMF gold to a new aid architecture

• Main Authors: Birdsall, Nancy, Williamson, John, Deese, Brian
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Center for Global Development, Institute for International Economics 2002; Peterson Institute for International Economics; Institute for International Economics
• Edition: 1
• Series: Peterson Institute Press: All Books
• Subjects: Armutsbekämpfung; Debt relief; Debt relief > Developing countries; Debts, External; Developing countries; Developing countries > Economic conditions; Entwicklungshilfe; Loans, Foreign; Poverty > Developing countries; Schuldenerlass; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Vierte Welt
• ISBN: 9780881323313; 0881323314

This study brings readers up to date on the complicated and controversial subject of debt relief for the poorest countries of the world. What has actually been achieved? Has debt relief provided truly additional resources to fight poverty? How will the design and timing of the "enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative" affect the development prospects of the world's poorest countries and their people? The study then moves on to address several broader policy questions: Is debt relief a step toward more efficient and equitable government spending, building better institutions, and attracting productive private investment in the poorest countries? Who pays for debt relief? Is there a case for further relief? Most important, how can the case for debt relief be sustained in a broader effort to combat poverty in the poorest countries?.