Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries and the HIPC Initiative /

The paper describes the debt burden of low-income countries and the traditional mechanisms that have been implemented by the international community to alleviate this burden. While these mechanisms are sufficient to reduce the external debts of many heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) to sustain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thugge, Kamau
Other Authors: Boote, Anthony
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/024
Online Access:Full text available on IMF