Links: Debt Relief

Last updated: April 27, 2000

Jubilee 2000 U.S.A. [http://www.jubilee2000.org/]

Jubilee 2000 International [http://www.imf.org/external/np/esafhipc/1999/index.htm]

Debt relief and poverty reduction: Meeting the Challenge (UNICEF/Oxfam International Position Paper, August 1999) [http://www.oxfam.org/advocacy/papers/debtchallenge.htm]

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries The World Bank examines the debt relief initiative for heavily indebted poor countries, highlighting key features and its progress to date [http://www.worldbank.org/hipc/]

Overseas Development Council: Understanding Debt Relief (Kevin Morrison, ODC; August 1999) [http://www.odc.org/commentary/ibaug99.html]

Comparative Analysis of Several Debt-Relief Bills Introduced in the U.S. Congress, 1999 [http://www.j2000usa.org/debt/chart.html]

IMF Factsheet on the Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries [http://www.imf.org/external/np/hipc/hipc.htm]

Will Poorest Countries Get a Break from Debt? (Policy.com, September 30, 1999) [http://www.policy.com/news/dbrief/dbriefarc338.as-p]

Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment: Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness (The Development GAP) [http://www.igc.org/dgap/debtpa.html]

IMF Overview: Transforming the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) and the Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) [http://www.imf.org/external/np/esafhipc/1999/index.htm]

In Focus: Multilateral Debt (Alliance for Global Justice) [http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n21debt.html]

Africa Needs Debt Cancellation, Not More IMF Programs (50 Years is Enough; U.S. Network for Global Justice) [http://www.50years.org/factsheets/africa.html]

OneWorld's Debt Campaign [http://www.oneworld.org/campaigns/debt/front.shtml]

The Burden of Debt: Special report from the BBC on efforts to cancel the unpayable debts of poor countries. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/06/99/debt/newsid_360000/360185.stm