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Was bringt das Entschuldungsprogramm für hochverschuldete arme Länder?

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  • Peter Nunnenkamp
  • Peter Wahl
  • Thomas Wollenzien

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1999 wurde die so genannte HIPC-Initiative zugunsten der ärmsten Länder (Highly Indebted Poor Countries), von der Weltbank und dem IWF 1996 ins Leben gerufen, erheblich erweitert. Die lnitiative zielt darauf ab, die Bekämpfung der Armut ins Zentrum der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und der nationalen Entwicklungsprogrammme zu stellen. Durch Schuldenstreichung soll die Auslandsverschuldung der HIPCs auf ein tragfähiges Ausmaß reduziert werden, wenn diese Länder ihrerseits erfolgversprechende nationale Maßnahmen zur Armutsbekämpfung ergreifen. Gegenwärtig sind 22 Länder in dieses Programm einbezogen. Mit einer nachhaltigen Entlastung sollte man, nach Meinung von Dr. Peter Nunnenkamp, Leiter der Forschungsgruppe "internationale Kapitalbewegungen" am Institut für Weltwirtschaft in Kiel, aber nicht rechnen: "Positive Wirkungen sind möglich, wenn auch kaum in dem Maß wie vielerorts erhofft. Sie sind aber keineswegs gesichert." Peter Wahl, Mitglied das Vorstands der Nichtregierungsorganisation WEED kritisiert vor allem die Verbindung der Schuldenstreichung mit "orthodoxen Strukturanpassungsauflagen", die für ihn "armutserzeugend" wirken. Seiner Meinung nach ist die HIPC-Initiative "zu spät, zu wenig, zu kompliziert". Dieser Auffassung widerspricht Thomas Wollenzien, Direktor des Auslandssekretariats der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau: "Enschuldung muss von überzeugenden Reformanstrengungen der begünstigten Länder begleitet sein. Die substantielle Schuldenerleichterung der hochverschuldeten armen Entwicklungsländer ist erforderlich, um ihnen einen Neuanfang zu ermöglichen. Dieser muss jedoch mit erheblichen Eigenanstrengungen verbunden sein und die strukturellen Ursachen der Überschuldung aufgreifen... Die im Rahmen des Pariser Clubs bei Schuldenerlassen ohnehin bestehende Konditionalität in Form einer Bindung an ein von Weltbank und Währungsfonds unterstütztes Reformprogramm sowie die gleichgerichtete

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  • Peter Nunnenkamp & Peter Wahl & Thomas Wollenzien, 2001. "Was bringt das Entschuldungsprogramm für hochverschuldete arme Länder?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 54(01), pages 06-14, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:54:y:2001:i:01:p:06-14
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    1. Daniel Cohen, 2001. "The HIPC Initiative: True and False Promises," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(3), pages 363-380.
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    Entwicklungsländer; Öffentliche Schulden; Geberländer; Entwicklungspolitik;
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    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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