Debt relief initiatives : policy design and outcomes /

Arnone and Presbitero analyze the design and the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, by pointing out its main drawbacks and suggesting a different approach to debt sustainability and debt relief programs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnone, Marco
Other Authors: Presbitero, Andrea F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Series:Global finance series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The heavily indebted poor countries and the multilateral debt relief initiatives : description and issues
  • External debt sustainability : theory, approaches and limitations
  • Domestic debt in developing countries
  • The relevance of domestic debt in HIPCs
  • Domestic debt and debt sustainability
  • External debt and growth : mixed evidence
  • External debt and growth : an empirical investigation
  • An ex-post evaluation of debt relief
  • The global economic and financial crisis and the HIPCs
  • Some proposals for a comprehensive approach to debt sustainability and debt relief.