Sovereign debt at the crossroads : challenges and proposals for resolving the third world debt crisis / edited by Chris Jochnick, Fraser A. Preston.

Other author Jochnick, Chris.
Other author Preston, Fraser A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Debts, External--Developing countries.
Debt relief--Developing countries.

Contents Foreword: Jeffrey D. Sachs -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Creditor initiatives in the 1980s and 1990s / David Roodman -- Playing games with African lives: the G-7 debt relief strategy and the politics of indifference / Fantu Cheru -- Sovereign debt and debt crisis in emerging countries: the experience of the 1990s / Daniel Marx, Jose Echague, and Guido Sandleris -- Ecological debt--the economic possibilities for our grandchildren / Andrew Simms -- Defining "illegitimate debt": when creditors should be liable for improper loans / Joseph Hanlon -- The legal case for debt repudiation / Chris Jochnick -- Ethics, market and government failure, and globalization: perspectives on debt and finance / J.E. Stiglitz -- Helping the poor to help themselves: debt relief or aid? / Serkan Arslanalp and Peter Blair Henry -- Using international finance to further conservation: the first 15 years of debt-for-nature swaps / William K. Reilly -- Odious debt / Seema Jayachandran and Michael Kremer -- Dealing comprehensively, and justly, with sovereign debt / Jack Boorman -- The IMF's SDRM--simply disastrous rescheduling management? / Kunibert Raffer -- Dealing with sovereign debt: trends and implications / Arturo C. Porzecanski -- The jubilee 2000 campaign: a brief overview / Ann Pettifor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005004309
ISBN0195168003 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195168011 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HJ8899 .S68 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold