Additionality of debt relief and debt forgiveness, and implications for future volumes of official assistance

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-340

  Ndikumana, Léonce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding out; Debt forgiveness; Debt relief; HIPC initiative; Official development aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342644848     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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