HIPCs' debt review of the issues

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-254

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Detragiache, Enrica ^b   Kanbur, Ravi ^a   Wickham, Peter ^b  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT RELIEF; DEBT SUSTAINABILITY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL DEBT;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0031445827     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020927     Document Type: Article

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