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External Finance for Low-Income Countries
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Abstract

Edited by Zubair Iqbal and Ravi Kanbur, this volume consists of papers presented at a joint IMF and World Bank conference on external financing for low-income countries. The primary focus was on the impact of external indebtedness on low-income countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, the HIPC Debt initiative, the determinants and role of private capital flow, policies that could be implemented to catalyze private capital flows, and the appropriate role for official finance in the period ahead.

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S. M. Ravi Kanbur https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Language:
English
Publication Date:
12 Sep 1997
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451957198.071
ISBN:
9781451957198
Pages:
257
Keywords:
BOOK; debt problem; low-income country; assistance strategy; debt forgiveness; debt initiative; Capital outflows; Debt burden; Debt relief; Debt reduction; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Global; Central Africa; South Asia; Caribbean
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