Debt and Development in Poor Countries Rethinking Policy Responses

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2000

Summary:

Addresses issue of whether U.S. should finance increased debt relief to poor countries through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative. Discusses how debt fits into broader development picture of developing countries by defining circumstances that lead to heavy indebtedness, drawing specific lessons from Latin American and Sub-Saharan African cases, and evaluating success and failure of earlier debt policy responses

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Debt and Development in Poor Countries

Publisher Number:

CRS-2000-FDT-0011

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