Debt Disaster?
Banks, Government and Multilaterals Confront the Crisis
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 1989
277 pages
978-0-8147-8490-7 (ISBN)
Description
Written for the nontechnical reader and intended to intervene in the policy debate, Debt Disaster? offers informative analysis, controversial assessments, and concrete solutions to bring a close the bleakest period for the Third World since the end of World War II. Out of this volume comes a clear message: the indebted countries cannot grow if they seek to pay their debts, no matter what policies they follow.
The contributors include: Barry Herman, Rolph van der Hoeven, Karin Lissakers, Paul M. Sacks, Chris Canavan, Robert Liebenthal, Peter Nicholas, Robin A. King, Michael. D. Robinson, Richard D. Fletcher, JOse D. Epstein, William L. Canak, Danilo Levi, Louellen Stedman, Peter Hakim, Vali Jamal, Bruce Morrison, Rudiger Dornbusch, Osvaldo Sunkel, William Darity, Jr., and MIchael Pl. Claudon.
The contributors include: Barry Herman, Rolph van der Hoeven, Karin Lissakers, Paul M. Sacks, Chris Canavan, Robert Liebenthal, Peter Nicholas, Robin A. King, Michael. D. Robinson, Richard D. Fletcher, JOse D. Epstein, William L. Canak, Danilo Levi, Louellen Stedman, Peter Hakim, Vali Jamal, Bruce Morrison, Rudiger Dornbusch, Osvaldo Sunkel, William Darity, Jr., and MIchael Pl. Claudon.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
129,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8147-8490-7 (9780814784907)
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08/1989
New York University Press
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Person
John. F. Weeks is Professor of International Politics and Economics at MIddlebury College. An internationally recognized development economist with extensive policy-related work in developing countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, Jamaica, Peru, and Nicaragua, he has served as consultant for most of the major multilateral agencies, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- I DEBT CRISIS IN THE THIRD WORLD
- 1 THE OUTLOOK FOR DEVELOPMENT
- 2 EXTERNAL SHOCKS, ADJUSTMENT, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- 3 LOSERS PAY REPARATIONS, OR HOW THE THIRD WORLD LOST THE LENDING WAR
- II THE DEBT CRISIS AND COMMERCIAL BANKS
- 4 BACKGROUND TO THE DEBT CRISIS: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
- 5 SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH DIRE STRAITS: MANAGING AN ORDERLY EXIT FROM THE DEBT CRISIS
- III STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM?
- 6 WORLD BANK-SUPPORTED ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
- 7 ASSESSING STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS: A SUMMARY OF COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
- 8 UNDERVALUATION, ADJUSTMENT, AND GROWTH
- 9 OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES: POLICY-BASED LENDING IN THE 1980s
- IV STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: IMPACT IN THE THIRD WORLD
- 10 SOCIAL COSTS OF ADJUSTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
- 11 POLITICAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN 1988
- 12 THE DEMISE OF THE LABOR ARISTOCRACY IN AFRICA: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN TANZANIA
- V SEEKING A SOLUTION
- 13 FACING THE REALITIES OF THE DEBT CRISIS
- 14 FROM ADJUSTMENT WITH RECESSION TO ADJUSTMENT WITH GROWTH
- 15 FROM ADJUSTMENT AND RESTRUCTURING TO DEVELOPMENT
- 16 IS TO FORGIVE THE DEBT DIVINE?
- 17 FOREIGN LENDING AT THE BRINK
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- ABOUT THE EDITOR
