Debt relief for poor countries [Book /]
edited by Tony Addison, Henrik Hansen, and Finn Tarp.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- xix, 318 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Studies in development economics and policy. .
This book is an outcome of a UNU-WIDER conference held in Helsinki, in August 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Debt dynamics and contingency financing: theoretical reappraisal of the HIPC initiative / Machiko Nissanke and Benno Ferrarini -- Policy selectivity forgone: debt and donor behaviour in Africa / Nancy Birdsall, Stijn Claessens and Ishac Diwan -- HIPC debt relief and policy reform incentives / Jean-Claude Berthélemy -- Resolving the HIPC problem: is good policy enough? / Tony Addison and Aminur Rahman -- External debt and growth: implications for HIPCs / Catherine Pattillo, Hélلene Porison and Luca Ricci -- The impact of external aid and external debt on growth and investment / Henrik Hansen -- External debt, growth and the HIPC initiative: is the country choice too narrow? / Abdur R. Chowdhury -- Debt relief and growth: a study of Zambia and Tanzania / Arne Bigsten, Jèorgen Levin and Hêakan Persson -- Public spending and poverty in Mozambique / Rasmus Heltberg, Kenneth Simler and Finn Tarp -- Debt relief, demand for education and poverty / Era Dabla-Norris, John M. Matovu and Paul R. Wade -- Making debt relief conditionality pro-poor / Oliver Morrissey.