Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52774 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/04
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper considers how the conditionality inherent in HIPC debt relief should be constituted to promote pro-poor policies. There are two dimensions to this. First, the extent to which the policies proposed are pro-poor. Second, the potential for releasing resources for pro-poor expenditures. The paper provides an analytical framework to describe the policy environment for poverty reduction, and identifies where donor effort and influence are most likely to be effective. The paper argues that the elements of debt relief conditionality should be tailored to the features of the poverty-reduction policy environment and provides guidelines for the design of conditionality.
Subjects: 
aid conditionality
HIPC
debt relief
East Africa
JEL: 
F35
O19
O55
ISBN: 
929190127X
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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