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Making Debt Relief Conditionality Pro-Poor

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This paper considers how the conditionality inherent in HIPC debt relief should be constituted to promote pro-poor policies. There are two dimensions to this. First, the extent to which the policies proposed are pro-poor. Second, the potential for releasing resources for pro-poor expenditures. The paper provides an analytical framework to describe the policy environment for poverty reduction, and identifies where donor effort and influence are most likely to be effective.

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  • Oliver Morrissey, 2002. "Making Debt Relief Conditionality Pro-Poor," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-04, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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