Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780881323313)

This study brings readers up to date on the complicated and controversial subject of debt relief for the poorest countries of the world. What has actually been achieved? Has debt relief provided truly additional resources to fight poverty? How will the design and timing of the "enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative" affect the development prospects of the world's poorest countries and their people? The study then moves on to address several broader policy questions: Is debt relief a step toward more efficient and equitable government spending, building better institutions, and attracting productive private investment in the poorest countries? Who pays for debt relief? Is there a case for further relief? Most important, how can the case for debt relief be sustained in a broader effort to combat poverty in the poorest countries?

Author: Nancy Birdsall,John Williamson
ISBN-10: 0881323314
ISBN-13: 9780881323313
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2002
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.20w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 325