How much poverty could HIPC reduce? CDPR Discussion Paper 2001
(2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weeks, J., & Dagdeviren, H. (2001, August). How much poverty could HIPC reduce? CDPR Discussion Paper 2001. Paper presented at WIDER Development Conference: Debt Relief, Marina Congress Centre, Helsinki
This paper reviews the development of the HIPC Initiative, then considers how much poverty could be reduced through debt relief. Using a simple distribution function and measures of inequality, US one dollar a day poverty is estimated for the twenty-... Read More about How much poverty could HIPC reduce? CDPR Discussion Paper 2001.