Debt relief and beyond : lessons learned and challenges ahead (English)

Heavily indebted low-income countries benefited from significant debt relief over the past decade. Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), assistance of about $117 billion in nominal terms had been committed to 35 HIPC as of end-April 2009. This debt relief represents about half of the 2007 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of these countries, whose debt burden is expected to drop...

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Author

Braga,Carlos Alberto Primo;

Domeland, Dorte;
Document Date
2009/10/02
Document Type
General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study
Report Number
51570
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2009/11/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Debt relief and beyond : lessons learned and challenges ahead
Keywords
debt relief

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

1W-Debt Relief Retrospective -- P103424,1W-Fragile States and the HIPC Initiative -- P111819,1W-Macro/fiscal management of resource revenue windfalls -- P114698,1W-Subnational Borrowing Framework and PREM Notes -- P114720,1W-Fiscal Sustain. Oil -- P098084

Major Sector

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

FY17 - Public Administration

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

FY17 - Financial Sector

Theme

FY17 - Inclusive Growth,FY17 - Fiscal sustainability,FY17 - Tax policy,FY17 - Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification,FY17 - External Finance,FY17 - Macroeconomic Resilience,FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning,FY17 - Fiscal Policy,FY17 - Monetary and Credit Policies,FY17 - Macro-financial policies,FY17 - Public Expenditure Policy,FY17 - Green Growth

Sector

FY17 - Other Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Other Non-bank Financial Institutions,FY17 - Other Public Administration,FY17 - Other Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

Topics

Debt Management,Debt Relief,Macroeconomic Vulnerability and Debt,Macroeconomic and Structural Policies,Poverty,

Historic Topics

Finance and Financial Sector Development, International Economics and Trade,

Historic SubTopics

Consumption, Debt Markets, Debt Relief and HIPC, Economic Conditions and Volatility, External Debt, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Inequality, Strategic Debt Management,

Unit Owning

Economic Policy & Debt Unit (PRMED)

ISBN

978-0-8213-7874-8

Version Type

Final

Product Line

Internal Product,Economic and Sector Work

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Braga,Carlos Alberto Primo; Domeland, Dorte.

Debt relief and beyond : lessons learned and challenges ahead (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/590451468326219605

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