Debt Relief for Poor Countries

PART I: EVALUATING DEBT RELIEF Introduction; T.Addison, H.Hansen & F.Tarp Debt Dynamics and Contingency Financing: Theoretical Reappraisal of the HIPC Initiative; M.Nissanke & B.Ferrarini Policy Selectivity Forgone: Debt and Donor Behaviour in Africa; N.Birdsall, S.Claessens & I.Diwan HIPC Debt Relief and Policy Reform Incentives; J-C.Berthélemy Resolving the HIPC Problem: Is Good Policy Enough? T.Addison & A.Rahman PART II: GROWTH EFFECTS OF DEBT RELIEF External Debt and Growth: Implications for HIPC Countries; C.Pattillo, H.Poirson & L.A.Ricci The Impact of External Aid and External Debt on Growth and Investment; H.Hansen External Debt, Growth and the HIPC Initiative: Is the Country Choice Too Narrow?; A.R.Chowdhury Debt Relief and Growth: A Study of Zambia and Tanzania; A.Bigsten, J.Levin & H.Persson PART III: POVERTY EFFECTS OF DEBT RELIEF Public Spending and Poverty in Mozambique; R.Heltberg, K.Simler & F.Tarp Debt Relief, Demand for Education, and Poverty; E.Dabla-Norris, J.M.Matovu & P.Wade Making Debt Relief Conditionality Pro-Poor; O.Morrissey