Debt-for-development exchanges : history and new applications / written and edited by Ross P. Buckley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buckley, Ross P., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development projects--Finance--Law and legislation.

Economic development projects.

Economic development projects--Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Debt-for-development exchanges are an important financing tool for development. They make debt relief more politically and practically attractive to donor countries and serve the development of recipient countries through the cancellation of external debt and the funding of important development projects. This book commences by chronicling the emergence of debt-for-development exchanges from their forebears, debt-equity exchanges, and analyzes why debt for development suffers from very few of the problems that plagued debt equity. The book analyzes the different types of debt-for-development exchanges and the different ways they have been used by all donor nations that have made use of them. The book then explores a range of critical perspectives on exchanges and concludes by considering a wide range of new and innovative uses for the funds generated by exchanges.

Contents:

The early years : the evolution of the technique / Ross P. Buckley

Debt-for-nature exchanges / Ross P. Buckley and Steven Freeland

Other debt-for-development exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

United States debt exchanges / Ross P. Buckley and Steven Freeland

Italian exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

German exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

French exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

Other donor nations' exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

Debt-for-development in Australia : past, present and future / Adele Webb and Luke Fletcher

Debt audits : a necessary precondition to credible exchanges / Julia Roy

How to deal with debt illegitimacy in relation to debt conversion : reflections on an all-too-real case / Jürgen Kaiser

The human rights dimension in exchanges / Gillian Moon

Bangladesh's experience with exchanges : liability to potential / M.D. Shamsuddoha

The Philippines' experience with exchanges / Joffre Balce

Farmer-managed natural regeneration : a land rehabilitaton technique well adapted to funding by exchanges / Tony Rinaudo

Restoring mangroves in the Philippines / Ross P. Buckley

Poverty reduction through social protection : a potential form of debt-for-development exchange / John Langmore

Climate change adaptation exchanges : an exploration of the possibilities and risks / Philip Ireland

Climate change and food security : building resilience by means of climate field schools / Alicia C. Qian and Tanvir A. Uddin

Debt-for-security exchanges / Ross P. Buckley

Promoting good governance through ICT systems : improving transparency and reducing corruption / Emmanuel T. Laryea

Using debt exchanges to enhance public accountability to citizens / Bill Walker.

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ISBN:

9780511977374

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