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Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries: Is it Effective and Efficient?

In: International Finance and the Developing Economies

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  • Graham Bird

    (University of Surrey)

  • Alistair Milne

Abstract

In recent years religious bodies, campaigning groups, and parts of the media have made a strong moral case for debt relief, accusing creditors of imposing an excessive burden of debt on low-income countries and thereby forcing them to cut back in other areas of government expenditure such as education and health, with deleterious effects on poverty reduction and economic growth. The case for debt relief is also made from the other side of the political spectrum, most notably in the recent report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission sponsored by the US Congress (the ‘Meltzer’ report) which amongst other measures called for complete debt cancellation by the IMF and other IFIs.

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  • Graham Bird & Alistair Milne, 2004. "Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries: Is it Effective and Efficient?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: International Finance and the Developing Economies, chapter 15, pages 273-288, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59984-0_15
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230599840_15
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    1. Joanna Gravier-Rymaszewska, 2012. "How Aid Supply Responds to Economic Crises: A Panel VAR Approach," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-025, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    3. Johansson, Pernilla, 2008. "Debt Relief, Investment and Growth," Working Papers 2008:11, Lund University, Department of Economics.
    4. Presbitero, Andrea F., 2008. "The Debt-Growth Nexus in Poor Countries: A Reassessment," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 2, pages 1-28.
    5. Sanford, Jonathan E., 2004. "IDA Grants and HIPC Debt Cancellation: Their Effectiveness and Impact on IDA Resources," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(9), pages 1579-1607, September.
    6. Freytag, Andreas & Pehnelt, Gernot, 2009. "Debt Relief and Governance Quality in Developing Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 62-80, January.
    7. Marin Ferry & Marc Raffinot, 2019. "Curse or Blessing? Has the Impact of Debt Relief Lived up to Expectations? A Review of the Effects of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiatives for Low-Income Countries," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(9), pages 1867-1891, September.
    8. Cordella, Tito & Missale, Alessandro, 2013. "To give or to forgive? Aid versus debt relief," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 504-528.
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    13. Powell, Robert & Bird, Graham, 2010. "Aid and Debt Relief in Africa: Have They Been Substitutes or Complements?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 219-227, March.
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    17. Mayr, Karin, 2010. "Optimal Deficit and Debt in the Presence of Foreign Aid," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 19-27, January.
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    20. Green, Keith, 2005. "The fragile panacea of debt relief for developing countries," MPRA Paper 18098, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    24. Marchesi, Silvia & Missale, Alessandro, 2013. "Did High Debts Distort Loan and Grant Allocation to IDA Countries?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 44-62.

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