Download or read book HIPCs written by Dinesh Dodhia and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides a review of the economic prospects for HIPCs in the global context. Two issues in particular are discussed. First, the paper emphasises the importance of promoting export orientated investment that upgrades and sustains exports. Second, it underlies the need to promote private participation in infrastructure.
Download or read book Togo written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Togo’s macroeconomic situation remains difficult, despite some modest improvements. Despite the impact of the global recession, program implementation has generally been satisfactory, although corrective actions are necessary for recent slippages. Debt management and monitoring are being strengthened. In light of the difficult macroeconomic conditions, a countercyclical fiscal policy stance is required. Sustainable fiscal policy requires a gradual consolidation, as global conditions improve further. Togo’s main economic challenges are continuing to strengthen public finances and completing structural reforms to enhance growth potential.
Download or read book Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative Status of Non Paris Club Official Bilateral Creditor Participation written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides an update on the delivery of HIPC Initiative debt relief by non- Paris Club official bilateral creditors and proposes measures to increase their participation. It finds that non-Paris Club creditors have provided about one third of the total HIPC Initiative debt relief expected from them, with significant variations among creditors. Although the response rate to the survey sent by staffs of the Bank and the Fund to creditors was higher than in previous years, the information received is still limited and partial, and the estimate of debt relief delivered remains preliminary.
Download or read book Sudan written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudan, with the support of the international community, is seeking to implement an ambitious reform program to address major macroeconomic imbalances and support sustainable, inclusive growth. A new transitional government was established in the wake of the 2019 revolution with the mandate to carry out sweeping reforms to reverse decades of economic and social decline. The government is pursuing a transformational reform agenda focused on: (i) achieving internal peace based on inclusion, regional equity, and justice; (ii) stabilizing the economy and correcting the large macroeconomic imbalances; and (iii) providing a foundation for future rapid growth, development, and poverty reduction. The government has achieved important milestones, most prominently a peace agreement with almost all internal armed opposition groups in October 2020 to end 17 years of conflict. It has also agreed to ambitious reforms and policy adjustments in the context of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Monitored Program (SMP) that meets the Upper Credit Tranche (UCT) conditionality standard and an International Development Association (IDA) Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation. Furthermore, on December 14, 2020, Sudan was officially removed from the United States State Sponsors of Terrorism List (SSTL), ending almost three decades of international isolation. While positive changes are underway, political contestation over power sharing arrangements remains acute. It is critical for Sudan to take advantage of a still favourable political economy to tackle its macroeconomic imbalances and put itself on a sustainable development trajectory.
Download or read book Beyond Hipc written by Nancy Birdsall and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, the United States and other major donor countries supported an historic expansion of the heavily indebted poor country (HIPC) debt relief initiative. HIPC had two primary goals: reduce poor countries' debt burdens to levels that would allow them to achieve sustainable growth; and promote a new way of assisting poor countries focused on home-grown poverty alleviation and human development. Three years after the initiative came into existence, we are beginning to see the apparent impact that HIPC is having, particularly on recipient countries' ability and willingness to increase domestic spending on education and HIV/AIDS programs. Yet it has also become clear that the HIPC program is not providing a sufficient level of predictability or sustainability to allow debtor countries (and donors) to reap the larger benefits, particularly in terms of sustained growth and poverty reduction, originally envisioned. An adequate amount of predictable debt relief can be an extremely efficient way of transferring resources to poor countries with reasonable economic management (indeed, more effective than traditional aid). But the full benefits of the transfer, in improved capacity to manage their economies, and in increased investor confidence in an economy's future, require that creditors, investors and committed recipient government officials have confidence that the improved debt situation will be sustained over the medium term. After reviewing some of the main critiques and proposals for change, we offer here a new way forward - a proposal to deepen, widen, and most importantly insure debt relief to poor countries. We focus on the insurance aspect of our proposal, that would safeguard countries against external shocks for a decade, and on the advantages of financing such insurance by limited mobilization of IMF gold. We see this proposal as a practical way to make debt relief more predictably sustainable in HIPC countries, and a proposal around which international donors could consolidate their efforts in the near term.
Download or read book Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIPC and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative MDRI Status of Implementation and Proposals for the Future of the HIPC Initiative written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report aims to accomplish three objectives: (a) it provides an update on the status of implementation, impact, and costs of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI); (b) it proposes a modification of the reporting of progress under the initiatives, including the discontinuation of the annual status of implementation reports, and the preparation of periodic reports on debt vulnerabilities in low income countries (LICs), including HIPCs; and (c) it proposes a further ring-fencing of the list of countries eligible or potentially eligible for debt relief under the HIPC Initiative based on end-2010 income and indebtedness criteria.
Download or read book Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative Statistical Update written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document updates the information provided in the September 2005 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative – Status of Implementation report. It deals exclusively with the enhanced HIPC Initiative, and does not consider the implications of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).
Download or read book Somalia written by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somalia has been rebuilding state institutions and the economy since the end of the devastating civil war, with strong support from the international community. The civil war led to complete state collapse, with tremendous loss of human and physical capital. Since the 2012 Provisional Constitution that created the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Federal Member States (FMS), Somalia has successfully undertaken three national elections, and Parliamentary and Presidential elections were completed in May 2022. With financial and capacity development support from international partners, Somalia has pursued wide-ranging reforms to help strengthen key economic and financial policy institutions as well as improve governance.
Download or read book Heavily Indebted Countries HIPC Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative MDRI Status of Implementation written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an update on the status of implementation, impact, and costs of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). Debt relief provided under the Initiatives has substantially alleviated debt burdens in recipient countries. Through the continued use by IDA and the Fund of the flexibility available in the framework governing the HIPC Initiative and the MDRI, significant progress has been achieved under the Initiatives since the last report.
Download or read book Beyond the HIPC Initiative written by Oxfam, Oxford (GB). Policy Department and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposals to Modify the PRGF HIPC Trust Instrument Further Considerations written by International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2007-12-19 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This follow-up paper focuses on the proposed modifications to HIPC Initiative policy as implemented in the Fund, building on the July paper. It also addresses the key policy issues raised by Executive Directors at the July informal briefing and lays out the modalities and decision required to implement the proposed changes. If adopted, these modifications would also apply to future similarly situated pre-decision point HIPCs.
Download or read book Debt Relief and Beyond written by Carlos A. Primo Braga and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of debt relief goes back several decades. It reveals that a country s accumulation of unsustainable debt stems from such factors as deficiencies in macroeconomic management, adverse terms-of-trade shocks, and poor governance. Debt-relief initiatives have provided debt-burdened countries with the opportunity for a fresh start, but whether the benefits of debt relief can be preserved depends on transformations in a country s policies and institutions. In 1996, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative was launched as the first comprehensive, multilateral, debt-relief framework for low-income countries. In 2005, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative was established, which increased the level of debt relief provided to HIPCs. As of early 2009, assistance through these two initiatives had been committed to 35 countries and amounted to US$117 billion in nominal terms, or half of the 2007 GDP of these countries. 'Debt Relief and Beyond' assesses the implications of debt relief for low-income countries and how its benefits can be preserved and used to fight poverty. The chapter authors bring unique operational experience to their examination of debt relief, debt sustainability, and debt management. Several key questions are addressed, including, what consequences does debt relief have for poverty-reducing expenditures, growth, and access to finance? Can debt relief guarantee debt sustainability? How can debt management at all levels of government be improved? What lessons can be learned from countries that have experienced debt restructuring? Finally, this book provides sound empirical evidence using current econometric techniques.
Download or read book Sudan Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIPC Initiative Decision Point Document written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudan, with the support of the international community, is implementing an ambitious reform program to address major macroeconomic imbalances and support sustainable, inclusive growth. A new transitional government was established in the wake of the 2019 revolution with the mandate to carry out sweeping reforms to reverse decades of economic and social decline. The government is pursuing a transformational reform agenda focused on: (i) achieving internal peace based on inclusion, regional equity, and justice; (ii) stabilizing the economy and correcting large macroeconomic imbalances; (iii) providing a foundation for future rapid growth, development, and poverty reduction; and (iv) improving governance and transparency.
Download or read book The Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIPC Initiative and the Achievement of Long Term External Debt Sustainability written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NULL
Download or read book Malawi written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malawi has made satisfactory progress in implementing its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for at least one year, and maintained satisfactory macroeconomic policies as evidenced by its performance under a program supported by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) over the last fiscal year 2005/2006. The completion point analysis shows the actual outturn to be 245 percent of exports. After additional voluntary bilateral debt relief, this ratio declines to 229 percent of exports. The paper assesses the sensitivity of debt indicators to changes in key economic variables.
Download or read book Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIPC Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative MDRI Statistical Update written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews developments in the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). It also provides updates on debt service and poverty-reducing expenditure by beneficiary countries, as well as on the cost of debt relief, creditor participation rates, and litigation against HIPCs.
Download or read book Guinea written by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper was prepared by staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in connection with the Executive Board’s consideration of Guinea’s Completion Point under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and debt relief under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on September 11, 2012. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Guinea or the Executive Board of the IMF.
