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Can Debt Relief Boost Growth In Poor Countries?

The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, launched in 1999 by the IMF and the World Bank, was the first coordinated effort by the international financial community to reduce the foreign debt of the worlds poorest countries. It was based on the theory that economic growth in heavily indebted poor countries was being stifled by