Do debt-service savings and grants boost social expenditures? /

This paper evaluates whether debt relief and grants can boost social expenditures in lowincome countries. It finds that declines in debt-service help raise social expenditures, but no relationship between grants and social expenditures. Moreover, since the mid-1980s, lowincome countries have managed...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomas, Alun H. (Alun Huw) (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Policy Development and Review Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Policy Development and Review Dept., ©2006.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/180.
Subjects:
Debt relief > Developing countries.
Social security > Developing countries.
Debt relief
Social security
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. DATA SAMPLE
  • III. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
  • IV. LIKELIHOOD OF ACHIEVING THE MDG TARGETS
  • V. CONCLUSION
  • References

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