After two debt relief initiatives launched in 1996 (the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, HIPC Initiative) and in 1999 (The enhanced HIPC initiative), the G7 decided to go further by cancelling the remaining multilateral debt for these HIPC countries through the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI, 2005). A few papers tried to assess the desired fiscal response effects of those initiatives. This paper uses an extended dataset and alternative econometric techniques in order to tackle methodological issues as endogeneity and fixed effects. We found that debt relief and especially the enhanced HIPC initiative have had a positive impact on the total domestic revenue and the public investment (as percentages of the GDP). Thanks to our large...
In this paper we discuss fiscal and monetary policy issues facing heavily-indebted poor countries (H...
AbstractDebt relief provides low-income countries with an incentive to accumulate debt, boost consum...
After the introduction of the HIPC Initiative in the early 2000s, indebted LICs had to show a decent...
Après deux initiatives de réduction de dette (PPTE I fin 1996 et PPTE II en 1999), le G7 décida d’a...
International audienceAfter two debt relief initiatives launched in 1996 (the Heavily Indebted Poor ...
The IMF and World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in 1996 to all...
The perceived lack of conclusive quantitative evidence on the macroeconomic effects ofdebt relief in...
The history of debt relief is now particularly long, the associated costs are soaring and the outcom...
In 1996, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Cou...
This paper looks at the link between fiscal policy and debt sustainability in a number of African co...
In this paper I investigate the effects of recent debt relief initiatives on resource flows to low-i...
The objective of this research is to analyse the foundations of the effectiveness of external debt r...
This paper seeks to examine the extent to which the debt cancellations under the HIPC Initiatives ha...
The main objective of this paper is to empirically assess debt-relief as a mechanism of aggregate po...
The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) is the latest phase of debt reduction for poor countr...
In this paper we discuss fiscal and monetary policy issues facing heavily-indebted poor countries (H...
AbstractDebt relief provides low-income countries with an incentive to accumulate debt, boost consum...
After the introduction of the HIPC Initiative in the early 2000s, indebted LICs had to show a decent...
Après deux initiatives de réduction de dette (PPTE I fin 1996 et PPTE II en 1999), le G7 décida d’a...
International audienceAfter two debt relief initiatives launched in 1996 (the Heavily Indebted Poor ...
The IMF and World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in 1996 to all...
The perceived lack of conclusive quantitative evidence on the macroeconomic effects ofdebt relief in...
The history of debt relief is now particularly long, the associated costs are soaring and the outcom...
In 1996, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Cou...
This paper looks at the link between fiscal policy and debt sustainability in a number of African co...
In this paper I investigate the effects of recent debt relief initiatives on resource flows to low-i...
The objective of this research is to analyse the foundations of the effectiveness of external debt r...
This paper seeks to examine the extent to which the debt cancellations under the HIPC Initiatives ha...
The main objective of this paper is to empirically assess debt-relief as a mechanism of aggregate po...
The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) is the latest phase of debt reduction for poor countr...
In this paper we discuss fiscal and monetary policy issues facing heavily-indebted poor countries (H...
AbstractDebt relief provides low-income countries with an incentive to accumulate debt, boost consum...
After the introduction of the HIPC Initiative in the early 2000s, indebted LICs had to show a decent...