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Debt Growth and the Prospects for Debt Reduction;The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries

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This paper analyzes the causes of growth of Africa’s debt burden, and discusses the factors that induced African countries to seek external loans as well as the factors affecting the supply of external financing. The paper studies the development of some measures of debt burden for different categories of African debtors, and arrives at a hypothesis regarding feasible levels of debt and debt service ratios. In a final section, the paper discusses the options for debt relief using a simulation of payments ability.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 1989. "Debt Growth and the Prospects for Debt Reduction;The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries," IMF Working Papers 1989/071, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1989/071
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