Get some amazingly well informed and easy to read introductions in the following
papers. They are all good but I was particularly impressed by No.3
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The World Bank/IMF Debt Relief Initiative: Does it Lower the Debt Service Payments of
Poor Countries? (Sept 1999)
http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier1.html
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Debt Relief from the IMF and the World Bank: What are the conditions? (Sept 1999)
http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier2.html
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: An Initial NGO Assessment (April 2000)
http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier3.html
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Bolivia in the Struggle Against Poverty: Is the International Debt Relief Initiative
Working? (August 2000)
http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier4.html
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