Public debt and social expenditure: Friends or foes?

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-310

  Lora, Eduardo ^a   Olivera, Mauricio ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt burden; Default; External debt; Interest payments; International financial institutions; Public debt; Social expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148937175     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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