Fiscal Sustainability in African HIPC Countries : A Policy Dilemma? /

This paper looks at the link between fiscal policy and debt sustainability in a number of African countries participating in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The paper finds that, on the basis of current fiscal policies, debt levels will remain unsustainable even after these co...

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Päätekijä: Fedelino, Annalisa
Muut tekijät: Kudina, Alina
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/187
Linkit:Full text available on IMF
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