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Bank lending to developing countries and possible solutions to international debt problems

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SUMMARY In the paper it is argued that imprudent lending by Western commercial banks until the early eighties must be considered as a major reason for ongoing debt problems of Third World economies. In particular the hypothesis is raised that banks followed a lemming‐like behaviour in lending to developing countries, that they were subject to risk‐illusions or even could discount the risks involved because of incentives to moral hazard. This finally may have resulted in a turnabout of private lenders to rather restrictive lending policies which macroeconomically may be no less harmful. Different factors like public guarantees, deposit insurance schemes, the activities of international organizations, credit syndications and the roll‐over technique are analysed as important determinants of bank behaviour. Furthermore, possible solutions to the ongoing debt difficulties are discussed, with particular emphasis on the interplay between public authorities and private creditors. The major conclusion is that the mechanism of market control over bank policies should be strengthened rather than intensifying government regulation. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG In dem Papier wird eine unvorsichtige Kreditvergabe der westlichen Geschäfts‐banken bis zum Anfang der achtziger Jahre als wichtiger Faktor für die andauernden Verschuldungsprobleme in der Dritten Welt angesehen. Insbesondere wird die Hypo‐these aufgeworfen, dass ein problematisches Parallelverhalten der Banken bei der Kreditvergabe an Entwicklungsländer vorherrschte, dass sie Risikoillusionen unter‐lagen oder Risiken sogar vernachlässigen konnten, weil es Anreize zu einem “moral hazardw‐Verhalten gab. Dies führte letztendlich dazu, dass die Kreditvergabepolitik plötzlich auf einen sehr restriktiven Kurs umschwenkte, was gesamtwirtschaftlich nicht minder schadlich sein dürfte. Es werden verschiedene Faktoren analysiert, die das Bankverhalten massgeblich beeinflusst haben dürften, wie z.B. öffentliche Kreditgarantien, die Versicherung
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  • Nunnenkamp, Peter, 1985. "Bank lending to developing countries and possible solutions to international debt problems," Kiel Working Papers 225, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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