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Debt relief
In: Survey of current affairs, Band 29, Heft 10, S. 363-364
ISSN: 0039-6214
Debt relief
In: Journal of international economics, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 137-152
ISSN: 0022-1996
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SOMALIA: Debt Relief
In: Africa research bulletin. Economic, financial and technical series, Band 60, Heft 12
ISSN: 1467-6346
ETHIOPIA: Debt Relief
In: Africa research bulletin. Economic, financial and technical series, Band 60, Heft 11
ISSN: 1467-6346
GHANA: Debt Relief
In: Africa research bulletin. Economic, financial and technical series, Band 43, Heft 6
ISSN: 1467-6346
International Debt Relief
In: Survey of current affairs, Band 28, Heft 8, S. 303-305
ISSN: 0039-6214
Overseas debt relief
In: Survey of current affairs, Band 27, Heft 9, S. 350-354
ISSN: 0039-6214
Debt relief and civil war
Of the 41 HIPCs, 11 are classified by the IMF and World Bank as conflict-affected. Can debt relief reduce the level of violent conflict in these countries? By providing additional resources to finance broad-based public spending, debt relief could help to redress the grievances that contribute to conflict. It could also reduce the ability of those motivated by greed to recruit followers, since the incomes, and therefore the grievances of followers, will fall if they benefit from broad-based public spending. But four things can go wrong with the use of debt relief in this way. First, the war party may prevail over the peace party in government, especially if the war party profits directly from conflict. Second, the fiscal system may be so institutionally weak that it cannot achieve the promised fiscal transfer even if the peace party prevails. Third, the rebel leaders may capture most of the fiscal transfer, leaving the grievances of their followers to ferment into further conflict. Fourth, a fiscal transfer that could have prevented conflict may be insufficient to stop a war once it begins, since rebels will seek out war-related income (and external finance) that may substantially exceed any promised post-war fiscal transfer. Hence, other forms of international action will be necessary alongside debt relief to end conflict.
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Debt relief for Africa
In: Review of African political economy, Band 21, Heft 62
ISSN: 1740-1720
External debt remains a major obstacle to human development in sub‐Saharan Africa. Repayments on that debt swallow up $10bn annually, diverting on a massive scale the resources needed for investment in health, education, employment and economic recovery. These transfers from the world's poorest region are unacceptable and should be stopped. Yet in contrast to other developing regions and even eastern Europe, existing debt‐relief measures for sub‐Saharan Africa are totally inadequate.