Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt
Published on 28. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-4051-8034-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, philosophers, theologians, lawyers and economists examine questions related to how to deal fairly with the over-indebted governments of developing countries. * Features articles from scholars and activists with backgrounds in philosophy, religion, law and economics. * Authors both contribute to our understanding of the principles that are relevant in determining how to deal more fairly with highly indebted developing countries, and the kinds of institutional reforms that these principles would demand under present circumstances. * Several chapters develop highly original proposals for reshaping the relationships between sovereign debtors and their creditors, while others provide richly detailed accounts of the role of religious and other influential groups in making the issue of excessive sovereign indebtedness an international cause.
Reviews / Votes
"The timing of this collection of essays concerning sovereign debt crises could not be more apposite." (Political Studies Review, January 2010)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8034-4 (9781405180344)
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Persons
Herman: After almost 30 years in the United Nations Secretariat dealing with sovereign debt and other financial issues in development, including in relation to the 2002 Monterrey Summit on Financing for Development, Barry Herman is now a visiting senior fellow at The New School's new international affairs program. Barry: Christian Barry is currentlyLecturer in philosophy and Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Philosophy and Pubic Ethics at Australian National University. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University, where he was a Fellow at the Center for Law and Philosophy. Prior to joining the ANU, Barry was Editor of Ethics & International Affairs and served as a consultant and contributing author to three of the United Nations Human Development Reports. Tomitova: Lydia Tomitova is currently pursuing a J.D. at Brooklyn Law School. Previously, she was Associate Editor of Ethics & International Affairs and Program Associate for Global Social Justice at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
Content
Part I: The Matter of Fairness in Developing Country Debt: Excessive Indebtedness as an Ethical Problem. The Editors 1. The Players and the Game of Sovereign Debt. Barry Herman 9. Part II: Identifying Responsiblity for Sovereign Debt: Fairness in Sovereign Debt. Christian Barry and Lydia Tomitova 41. International Debt: The Constructive Implications of Some Moral Mathematics. Sanjay G. Reddy 81. Should they Honor the promises of Their Parents' Leaders?. Axel Gosseries 99. Risks of Lending and Liability of Lenders. Kunibert Raffer 127. National Responsibility and the Just Distribution of Debt Relief. Alexander W. Cappelen, Rune Jansen Hagen, Bertil Tungodden 151. Part III: Perspectives from Theology. Judeo-Christian Tradition on Debt: Political, Not Just Ethical. Ton Veercamp 167. Making the Case for Jubilee: The Catholic Church and the Poor-Country Debt Movement. Elizabeth A. Donnelly 189. Argentina, the Church, and the Debt. Thomas J. Trebat 135-60. Part IV: International Policy Reforms. Achieving Democracy. Thomas Pogge 249. The Due Diligence Model: A New Approach to the Problem of Odious Debts. Jonathan Shafter 275. Reviving Troubled Economics. Jack Boorman 297. The Constructive Role of Private Creditors. Arturo C. Porzecanski 307. Resolving International Debt Crises Fairly. Ann Pettifor 321. Contributors 331. Index 335...