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Public debt, North and South

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The recent rise in domestic public nonmonetary debt and in domestic bond yields is imposing a heavier burden on governments in countries like Brazil and Mexico than foreign debt does. This is a relatively new experience for developing countries but not for OECD countries. Reisen's discussion of rising government indebtedness, therefore, includes the experiences of four developing (Brazil, Mexico, Korea, and Indonesia) and three highly indebted OECD countries (Belgium, Ireland, and Italy). The major determinants for government debt rising are: 1) external transfers, which imply an internal transfer of resources from the private to the public sector, 2) fiscal rigidities, because of failure to broaden tax bases and cut government consumption, 3) high interest rates coupled with low growth of GDP, and 4) massive devaluation of the real exchange rate and big swings in value among key currencies.

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  • Reisen, Helmut, 1989. "Public debt, North and South," Policy Research Working Paper Series 253, The World Bank.
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    1. Helmut Reisen, 1991. "The Brady Plan and adjustment incentives," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 26(2), pages 69-73, March.
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