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Debt and Development
- What is the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC)?
- Explain the origins of the 1980s debt crisis in the developing world.
- Describe Charles Kindleberger’s view of economic cycles and international lending.
- Briefly describe the Jubilee 2000 campaign and the ways in which it was successful.
- Charles Kindleberger proposed that the global economy runs in cycles of growth, mania, and panic. What does he mean by this statement?
- What is the main difference between the 1930s and the 1980s in relation to debt?
- Describe in detail the case of Zaire and how corruption affected this country’s international debt level.
- How is new dept affecting developing countries which debt had been cancelled?
- Describe the effects of the Great Depression upon the developing world debt.
- Describe how rising inequality relates to debt.