Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53042 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2001/118
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The HIPC initiative for debt relief in the poorest countries has been extended to cover more countries. Zambia is one the countries accepted under the enhanced initiative for a debt relief of US$ 3.8 billion. In this paper, the possible effects of this debt relief are analysed using a social accounting matrix as a tool of analysis. Two alternative approaches were chosen: income transfers, and direct production support in the amount of the annual decrease in the debt service. Experiments show how debt service relief can contribute to national growth targets. They also show the different effects on household income, resulting from the alternative expenditure patterns. Income transfer scenario creates greater increase in the household income, at the expense of production value.
Subjects: 
HIPC initiative
debt
poverty
Zambia
JEL: 
O11
F34
O55
ISBN: 
9291900591
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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