Debt relief, demand for education, and poverty

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The objective of this paper is to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of debt relief savings for poverty reduction in HIPC countries by focusing on one important channel of impact—human capital accumulation. Our simulation results suggest that poverty and growth objectives would be mainly enhanced if resources are targeted at the primary and secondary level of education. In addition, targeting education spending to households below the poverty line can potentially have most significant impact on reducing poverty in the economy.

Object Details

• ISBN: 9291902292
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Discussion Paper ; No. 2002/52

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policy ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt ; Education: Government Policy
• Subject: government expenditures ; debt ; poverty ; schooling ; Schuldenerlass ; Bildungsverhalten ; Bildungsinvestition ; Öffentliche Bildungsausgaben ; Armut ; Entwicklungsländer ; HIPC

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dabla-Norris, Era ; Matovu, John M. ; Wade, Paul
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2002

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/53043
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET