Essays about: "Overhang"

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  1. 21. The Limitations of Debt Relief. A critical study of the theoretical and empirical support for debt relief as a development assistance instrument

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Pettersson; [2005]
    Keywords : debt relief; foreign aid; debt overhang; investments; additionality; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : From the early 1990s and onwards the use of debt relief as a method of providing development assistance has become increasingly popular, especially since the launch of the HIPC initiative in 1996. This thesis aims to investigate the general theoretical and empirical support of the growth enhancing properties of debt relief with regard to low income countries. READ MORE