Calculating the benefits of debt relief

Finance and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 48-50

  Bhattacharya, Rina ^a   Clements, Benedict ^b  

^a African Department   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEBT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 14944352227     PISSN: 01451707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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