Debt relief (Analysis)

Abstract For more than two decades, the majority of countries in the African continent have experienced repeated episodes of rising external debt and debt service, which has led to numerous efforts of external...

The Economics of Debt Relief I. Introduction In the period 1973-82, greatly increased foreign finance to developing countries resulted in an almost tenfold increase in the debt of these countries. Between 1970 and...

INTRODUCTION The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005(1) ("BAPCPA") was signed into law on April 20, 2005,2 and became effective six months later.3 Congress' stated rationale for BAPCPA "is to...

GAO-08-888R July 24, 2008 A buildup of foreign debt throughout the 1970s and 1980s--combined with low growth, falling commodity prices, and other economic difficulties--left many poor countries with significantly more debt than they...

AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF SUFFERING from debt-ridden economies, in the early nineties many countries with large external debts finally reduced their debt-service ratios, regained access to spontaneous private financing and achieved higher...