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Debt Reduction for Poverty Eradication in the Least Developed Countries: Analysis and Recommendations on LDC Debt

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This paper reviews the main obstacles to human and social development posed by the current external debt burdens of the least development countries. In particular, it analyses the shortcomings of the mechanisms and thresholds used to assess the sustainability of debt levels in the HIPC Initiative. An alternative needs-based approach analysis of debt sustainability is proposed. The methodology explicitly emphasizes the need to prioritize poor countries' social and poverty reducing expenditures over external debt servicing.

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  • European Network on Development, 2001. "Debt Reduction for Poverty Eradication in the Least Developed Countries: Analysis and Recommendations on LDC Debt," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-110, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Cohen, Daniel, 2001. "The HIPC Initiative: True and False Promises," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(3), pages 363-380, Winter.
    2. Daniel Cohen, 2000. "The HIPC Initiative: True and False Promises," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 166, OECD Publishing.
    3. Daniel Cohen, 2001. "The HIPC Initiative: True and False Promises," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(3), pages 363-380.
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