Do Debt-Service Savings and Grants Boost Social Expenditures? /

This paper evaluates whether debt relief and grants can boost social expenditures in lowincome countries. It finds that declines in debt-service help raise social expenditures, but no relationship between grants and social expenditures. Moreover, since the mid-1980s, lowincome countries have managed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Alun
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/180
Online Access:Full text available on IMF