The external debt crisis and its impact on African women

Before 2008 the idea that the government of a rich EU country can default could hardly be imagined, either because ‘naïve’ investors had faith in the ability of

Pursuant to the resolution 440 (XVIII) on External Indebtedness of African countries adopted at the seventeenth session of the ECA Conference of Ministers held in Tripoli (Libya)

Furthermore, although there was discernible increase in nominal resource flows to these countries,thanks to unsecured aid and bilateral and multilateral loans, which constituted

The main concerns of the HIPC countries, including those in Africa, is that while putting poverty reduction at the centre of the development agenda of these countries is a step in

The World Bank, since 1988, decided to set aside 10 per cent of the amounts repaid to IDA, to assist eligible countries to pay the interest and the loans granted by the World Bank

Perhaps largely due to the educational efforts of the United Nations Decade for Women 1976-1985 and due to activities linked to it, there i s hardly a donor today that doe s not,

In contrast, debt service ratio (LDSGDP) is positively related to investment, thus contradicting the prescription of crowding out hypothesis in Nigeria. This result

VTliere economic factors are contributory causes of flight, it is equally evident that successful measures to promote economic recovery and development, particularly of the rural