African debt since HIPC : how clean is the slate? (English)

The paper finds a moderate evolution in public debt ratios since debt relief among heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and multilateral debt relief initiative (MDRI) recipient countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with certain exceptions. For eight countries the authors find rapid rates of debt accumulation, which can return them to pre-HIPC debt levels in only a few years. Short-term domestic debt has, despite early fears, in general not filled the...

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Merotto,Dino Leonardo;

Stucka,Tihomir;

Thomas,Mark Roland;
Document Date
2015/03/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
97567
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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African debt since HIPC : how clean is the slate?
Keywords
debt relief

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Merotto,Dino Leonardo; Stucka,Tihomir; Thomas,Mark Roland.

African debt since HIPC : how clean is the slate? (English). MFM Global Practice discussion paper|no. 2 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/660981467998528284

African debt since HIPC : how clean is the slate? (English)

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