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Debt management for development :

1849801088

1849801282

9781849801089

9781849801287

b759343

Debt management for development :

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protection of the poor and the millennium development goals /

Kunibert Raffer.

Northampton, MA :

Edward Elgar,

©2010.

ix, 309 pages :

tables ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-295) and index.

1. Brief history of debt management until 1989; 2. Brief history of debt management after 1989; 3. In quest of solutions: sovereign insolvency proposals, collective action clauses and recent country cases; 4. Gleneagles, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative and the US crisis; 5. The Raffer Proposal: an international Chapter 9 for countries; 6. Debtor rights and fairness to creditors in Rule of Law-based insolvency systems; 7. MDGs, debt distress and poverty: theoretical roots of policies protecting the poor in debtor countries; 8. Poverty, debtor protection and the MDGs9. Debt distress, global public goods and a global development partnership; 10. NGO advocacy for debt reduction cum debtor protection; 11. The concept of sustainability of international financial institutions; 12. Problems of overoptimism and ownership; 13. MDGs and preferred creditor status; 14. Lending or granting: ODA and the MDGs; Annex on data: Caveats on debt statistics and in.

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"T̀he problem of the debt burden and pleas for debt relief have been compared to the girl who killed both her parents and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that she was an orphan. (It has been called the classic definition of chutzpah.) Kunibert Raffer has more sympathy for the debtors. He discusses the international debt problem in a profound way and his proposal, the Raffer proposal, is ingenious, practical and wise.'--Paul Streeten, Boston University, USA" "K̀unibert Raffer, a distinguished academic, has never confined himself to an ivory tower. Instead he has consistently used his extensive knowledge of law, history, economics and politics to argue for an end to the structural injustice of relationships between rich creditor countries and poor debtor nations. I have always admired the man and his work, and believe the ideas outlined in this book are vital if justice is to be the basis of international financial relations.'--Ann Pettifor, New Economics Foundation and Advocacy International" "This book exposes intolerable global double standards in the treatment of debtors and argues that fairness, economic efficiency and principles common to all civilized legal systems, must and can be applied to so-called d̀eveloping countries', or Southern sovereign debtors."

"Tracing the history of Southern sovereign debts, describing the critical role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in enforcing improvements, and discussing technical debt issues, this book presents a solution incorporating the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as an appropriate form of debtor protection. Although most multilateral claims are statutorily subordinated to development needs, multilateral institutions wrongly claim preferred creditor status. They routinely violate their own statutes. Kunibert Raffer discusses grants and loans as alternative ways to finance the MDGs and development and necessary caveats on widely used debt statistics and indicators are made. The effects of the present US crisis are also discussed, making solving the never-ending debt problem particularly urgent." "With innovative and never-before discussed topics, this book will appeal to NGO employees, academics and students in development or international relations and political studies. Overseas development institutions and development co-operation ministries and departments will also find this a very useful reference tool."--Jacket.

Debt relief-- Developing countries.

Debts, External-- Developing countries.

Dettes-- Allègement-- Pays en voie de développement.

Dettes extérieures-- Pays en voie de développement.

Allègement de la dette.

Ausland.

Debt Management

Debt relief.

Debts, External.

Dette extérieure.

Dettes-- Allègement-- Pays en voie de développement.

Dettes extérieures-- Pays en voie de développement.

Economics.

Equité.

Pays en développement.

Relations Nord-Sud.

Schulden.

Schuldenerlass.

Developing countries.

Entwicklungsländer

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