External Debt, Public Investment, and Growth in Low-Income Countries /

This paper examines the channels through which external debt affects growth in low-income countries. Our results suggest that the substantial reduction in the stock of external debt projected for highly indebted poor countries (HIPCs) would directly increase per capita income growth by about 1 perce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nguyen, Toan
Other Authors: Bhattacharya, Rina, Clements, Benedict
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/249
Online Access:Full text available on IMF