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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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2006.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2006/180 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |