From Toronto Terms to the HIPC Initiative : A Brief History of Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries /

The low-income country debt crisis had its origins in weak macroeconomic policies, and official creditors' willingness to take risks unacceptable to private lenders. Payments problems were initially addressed through nonconcessional reschedulings and new lending that maximized financing while c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daseking, Christina
Other Authors: Powell, Robert
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/142
Online Access:Full text available on IMF