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         Debt Relief for the Poorest: An OED Review of the HIPC Initiative
  

This review focuses on the design and implementation of the HIPC Initiative. The purpose is to assess the prospect of the Initiative achieving its intended immediate objectives - reducing debt to sustainable levels and creating the fiscal space for increased spending for poverty reduction - and the potential for contributing toward its underlying development goals - sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.


Main report: HIPC_OED_review.pdf


Also available:

Précis - The HIPC Initiative: Progress and Prospects (also available in French, Portuguese and Spanish)

Reach - OED Review of The HIPC Initiative

Innovation in the Sovereign Debt Regime: From the Paris Club to Enhanced HIPC and Beyond (Working Paper)

The HIPC Initiative: The Goals, Additionality, Eligibility, and Debt Sustainability (Working Paper)

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