Essays about: "Katarina Wagman"

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  1. 1. Multilateral Debt Relief: A Promising Instrument to Increase Pro-Poor Public Expenditure?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katarina Wagman; [2008]
    Keywords : poverty reduction; debt relief; economic development; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper seeks to examine the extent to which the debt cancellations under the HIPC Initiatives have met their objective of reducing poverty by increasing public sector expenditure on healthcare and education (so called pro-poor spending) over the period of 1996-2005. There are mainly two reasons to believe that the debt relief efforts will enable increased social spending (i) the debt cancellations will reduce debt servicing, thus freeing up resources which can be used for social improvements, and (ii) the pro-poor expenditure condition that follows from the design of the Enhanced HIPC, will enable donors to influence the allocation of government resources. READ MORE