Essays about: "debt relief"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words debt relief.

1. 1. Chinese loans: Debt-trap or distress relief? : A comparative analysis on Chinese lending in Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustav Göterfelt; [2022]
   Keywords : Chinese lending; IMF lending; economic growth; Africa; debt distress; panel data;

   Abstract : The purpose of the paper is to study the differences between Chinese and IMF lending in Africa, in particular the effect on economic growth and the relationship between lending and risk of debt distress. The assumption starting out were that the Chinese loans would not be marginally worse than their IMF counterparts. READ MORE

3. 2. On the renewable, non-renewable energy consumption and growth nexus in emerging economies: Empirical evidence from Turkey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Tugce Eruydas; [2019]
   Keywords : Renewable energy consumption; total energy use; fossil fuels; economic growth; cointegration; Granger causality; emerging economy; Turkey; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Since carbon-emitting energy sources are the largest contributor to global warming and climate change, this present paper attempts to contribute to the current debate in energy-growth nexus in the literature. Focusing on the case of Turkey, it seeks to find out whether or not switching to a low-carbon path will be beneficial for this fastest-growing OECD economy by investigating the relationship between energy sources (both renewable and non-renewable) and economic growth over the period of 1990-2015. READ MORE

4. 3. Creating Development or Barriers : A Case Study of the Application of World Bank Economic Conditionalities to Mali

   University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

   Author : Marie Stenberg; [2012]
   Keywords : Conditionalities;

   Abstract : This is an International Relations thesis that will address the current situation in Mali regarding the conditions attached to aid and debt-relief by the World Bank. These conditions are of a neoliberal nature introducing privatization and liberalization of prices in the cotton sector in Mali. READ MORE

5. 4. The Poverty Effect of The Debt-Relief under (HIPC) Initiative: Assessing aggregate impact of the debt-relief On Poverty-reduction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Khabarova; [2011]
   Keywords : HIPC initiative; debt- relief; resource-mechanism; poverty-reduction; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The main objective of this paper is to empirically assess debt-relief as a mechanism of aggregate poverty reduction in severely indebted and middle-income countries. The empirical analysis focuses on the channels connecting growth to investment and social spending that are believed to fuel the resource development gap of the heavily indebted countries that have suffered from the debt crisis. READ MORE

6. 5. Aid Flow, Debt Relief and Poverty Reduction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Roland Awara; [2009]
   Keywords : debt relief; Aid; Poverty Alleviation. ; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions in the world and depends heavily on aid flow and debt reduction to foster development and fight poverty. Using 35 of the 48 countries in the region, we examine the impact of aid flow/debt reduction on poverty alleviation and the selected poverty targets are primary completion rate and life rate. READ MORE