Debt and Development in Poor Countries : Rethinking Policy Responses

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Addresses issue of whether U.S. should finance increased debt relief to poor countries through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative. Discusses how debt fits into broader development picture...

Addresses issue of whether U.S. should finance increased debt relief to poor countries through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative. Discusses how debt fits into broader development picture of developing countries by defining circumstances that lead to heavy indebtedness, drawing specific lessons from Latin American and Sub-Saharan African cases, and evaluating success and failure of earlier debt policy responses.

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