Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52856 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/50
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
In this paper we focus on the question: will the HIPC debt reduction programme help in the transformation of the development assistance business and change the rules of the ‘debt game’ in Africa? We concentrate on the donor and official creditor side, by exploring how the growing debt of African countries, over the last two decades, has affected the provision of new resources by the donor community. Our results indicate that if debt levels are reduced sufficiently in high debt countries, donors can shift from the current pattern of non-selectivity and defensive lending to a low debt regime, a regime that has in the past allowed selectivity in lending in relation to levels of poverty and quality of policy.
Subjects: 
debt relief
foreign aid
low-income countries
international organizations
JEL: 
O11
O19
F34
F35
ISBN: 
9291902233
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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