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100	1		_aArslanalp, Serkan. _95254
245	1	0	_aHelping the Poor to Help Themselves: _bDebt Relief or Aid / _cSerkan Arslanalp, Peter Blair Henry.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w10230
500			_aJanuary 2004.
520	3		_aDebt relief is unlikely to stimulate investment and growth in the world's highly indebted poor countries (HIPCs). This is because the HIPCs do not suffer from debt overhang. The principal obstacle to investment and growth in the world's poorest countries is a lack of basic economic institutions that provide the foundation for profitable economic activity. If the goal is to help poor countries build the institutions that best suit their development needs, then the energy and resources currently devoted to the HIPC initiative could be more effectively employed as direct foreign aid.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aF3 - International Finance _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aF4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aHenry, Peter Blair. _912675
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w10230.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w10230
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w10230
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