World Economic and Financial Surveys

Official Financing for Developing Countries

Publication Date:

December 1, 1995

Summary:

This study provides information on official financing for developing countries with the focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries. It updates the 1995 edition and reviews developments in direct financing by official and multilateral sources. Topics of interest include external debt sustainability for heavily indebted poor countries; new official financing flows to developing countries; developments in export credits; financing from multilateral institutions; debt restructuring by official bilateral creditors; plus, numerous appendices.

Series:

World Economic and Financial Surveys No. 1995/011

Subject:

Arrears Debt burden Debt service Export credits External debt International trade Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt

Notes:

By a staff team in the Policy Development and Review Department led by Anthony R. Boote and comprising Ray Brooks, Mariano Cortes, Paulo Drummond, Christopher Jarvis, Reva Krieger, Toshiro Nishizawa, Doris Ross, Kamau Thugge.