An Analysis of External Debt and Capital Flight in the Severely Indebted Low Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa /

The general objective of this study is to analyze the external debt and debt burdens of the severely indebted sub-Saharan African countries, estimate the magnitude of capital flight from them, and relate the estimate of capital flight to some macroeconomic aggregates. The study also contains policy...

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Автор: Ajayi, Simeon
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/068
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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