Can HIPC Reduce Poverty in Tanzania?

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While growth has increased in Tanzania during the past five or six years, it is still too low to have a visible impact on poverty. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that the amount of both income and non-income poverty are roughly the same as they were a decade ago. Since debt relief provided under HIPC will free government resources, the initiative will potentially help reduce poverty through larger government expenditures on social sectors. However, it is unlikely that Tanzania will be able to reach the situation projected in the Decision Point document; projections are extremely optimistic, and deviations from these are likely to lead to a rapid accumulation of debt, so debt sustainability – as reflected in the debt-to-export ratio – will not be met.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2001:14

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Lending and Debt Problems ; Foreign Aid ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa
• Subject: Tanzania ; HIPC ; debt ; growth

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Danielson, Anders
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
• (where): Lund
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/259850
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET