scholarly journals The Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and the Achievement of Long-Term External Debt Sustainability

Policy Papers ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 (17) ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
External Debt ◽  
Debt Sustainability ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative

scholarly journals Somalia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (86) ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Debt Management ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Debt Sustainability ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative

This paper presents an assessment of Somalia’s eligibility for assistance under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The macroeconomic framework reflects the policy framework underlying the proposed three-year Fund-supported program. The debt relief analysis (DRA) remains largely unchanged, but some of the underlying debt data has been updated to reflect new information from creditors. In addition, this paper presents an assessment of debt management capacity in Somalia and a full Debt Sustainability Analysis under the Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries. The DRA reveals that, after traditional debt relief mechanisms are applied, Somalia’s debt burden expressed as the net present value of debt-to-exports ratio is 344.2 percent at the end of December 2018—significantly above the HIPC Initiative threshold. Despite the challenging environment, progress on reform and policy implementation has been good and sustained reforms have translated into economic results. In addition to the coordinated support from the World Bank and the IMF, reforms have been supported by other development partners.

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) - Status of Implementation 2008

Policy Papers ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (71) ◽  
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Recent Progress ◽  
Poor Country ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Consensus Recommendations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative

This report provides an update on the status of implementation, impact and costs of the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). With a view to the upcoming Financing for Development meetings in Doha, the report not only reports on recent progress since mid-2007, but also on developments since the Monterrey Consensus recommendations on external debt relief.

scholarly journals Debt Relief for the Poorest: An Assessment of the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
Shalendra D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
External Debt ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sustainability Assessments

High level of external debt poses a serious constraint on the ability of poor countries to pl.ll.'SUe sustainable development and reduce poverty. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative was designed to relieve the high external debt of some of the world's poorest nations by either writing-off or reducing debt to sustainable levels. It was launched by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 19% and "enhanced" in 19()9 to expand and accelerate the process of debt relief and free scarce public resources fur sustainable economic development, in particular, broad based development to reduce poverty. Whether debt relief, in general, or the HIPC Initiative, in particular, can achieve such development outcomes has been the subject of much debate. 1bis paper argues while the HIPC initiative is a positive step towards debt relief and sustainability, it is important to note that sustainable debt is not an end in itself, but should be an essential element in realizing the growth needed to reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To realize the full potential of debt relief, donor countries will not only have to be more generous, and the recipient countries need to undertake deeper structural reforms, debt sustainability assessments should specifically take into account how the poor countries can achieve the MDGs.

Welfare implications of external debt and capital flight in Sub-Saharan Africa (Evidence using panel data modelling)

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-367
Author(s):  
Isaac Kwesi Ampah ◽  
Gábor Dávid Kiss
Keyword(s):  
External Debt ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Capital Flight ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The People ◽  
General Welfare ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
External Borrowing

AbstractThe countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have experienced a positive growth rate of over five per cent per year, on average, since their transition from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in 1996 and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative in 2006. Despite this growth, poverty and inequality are still very high. Employing the Driscoll – Kraay standard panel estimation method and dataset from 1990 to 2015, this paper sets out to examine the implications of external debt and capital flight on the general welfare of the people. The estimation results reveal that both external debt and capital flight have a welfare inhibiting effect, suggesting that increases in external borrowing or capital flight may lead to a reduction in the welfare of the people in the sub-region. The study, therefore, recommends to policymakers and government in the sub-region the need to tackle the revolving nature of external borrowing and capital flight and take steps to halt all channels through which deservingly acquired capital leaves the sub-region.

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative - Statistical Update

Policy Papers ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (86) ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Debt Relief ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Imf

This report provides an update on the status of implementation of the HIPC Initiative and the MDRI over the past year. Given that most HIPCs have reached the completion point, in November 2011, the IMF and IDA Boards2 endorsed staff’s proposal to further streamline reporting of progress under the HIPC Initiative and MDRI. It was agreed that the annual HIPC Initiative/MDRI status of implementation report will be discontinued, while the core information—on debt service and poverty reducing expenditure, the cost of debt relief, creditor participation rates, and litigation against HIPCs—should continue to be made available and updated regularly on the IMF and World Bank websites.

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative - Status of Non-Paris Club Official Bilateral Creditor Participation

Policy Papers ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (38) ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative ◽  
Paris Club

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.

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) - Status of Implementation

Policy Papers ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Poor Country ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ◽  
Hipc Initiative

This report provides an update on the status of implementation, impact and costs of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) since mid-2006. It also discusses the status of creditor participation in both initiatives and the issue of litigation of commercial creditors against HIPCs.

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