Debt Relief Initiatives

Policy Design and Outcomes
Neuauflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7546-7742-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Global Finance

This book deals with the recent debt crises in developing countries and analyzes the design and implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, by providing background concepts, pointing out the main drawbacks and suggesting a different approach to debt sustainability and debt relief programs. The authors merge academic, operational and institutional expertise, in order to provide an evaluation as complete and balanced as possible on the much-debated effectiveness of debt relief in fostering economic growth, reducing poverty and reaching debt sustainability. Marco Arnone and Andrea F. Presbitero assess the joint evolution of external and domestic public debt and produce original empirical evidence on the potential effects of public debt on investment, economic growth and institution-building in low- and middle-income countries. The book also explores relevant and up-to-date policy issues, such as the loans-grants mix and the development of responsible lending strategies in foreign assistance, the surge of non-concessional and domestic borrowing by low-income countries, and the impact of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis on debt sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnone, Marco

Presbitero, Andrea F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1: Multilateral Initiatives and External Debt Sustainability; 1: The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiatives; 2: External Debt Sustainability; 2: HIPCs/LICs and Macroeconomic Management; 3: Domestic Debt in Developing Countries; 4: The Relevance of Domestic Debt in HIPCs; 5: Domestic Debt and Debt Sustainability; 3: External Debt and Macroeconomic Performance; 6: External Debt and Growth; 7: External Debt and Growth; 8: An Ex-Post Evaluation of Debt Relief 1; 4: The Challenges Ahead; 9: The Global Economic and Financial Crisis and the HIPCs 1; 10: Some Proposals for a Comprehensive Approach to Debt Sustainability and Debt Relief; 101: Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Marco Arnone, Centre for Macroeconomics and Finance Research (CeMaFiR) and Catholic University of Milan, Italy and Andrea F. Presbitero, Centre for Macroeconomics and Finance Research (CeMaFiR), Money and Finance Research group (MoFiR), and Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy