Debt relief and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)

Bread for the World Institute www.bread.org

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

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

Debt Relief from the IMF and the World Bank: What are the conditions? (Sept 1999)

http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier2.html

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: An Initial NGO Assessment (April 2000)

http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier3.html

Bolivia in the Struggle Against Poverty: Is the International Debt Relief Initiative Working? (August 2000)

http://www.bread.org/whoweare/bfwi/debtanddevelopment/dossier4.html