## External Assistance and Policies for Growth in Africa

_Seminar Volumes, December 15, 1995_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Claire Liuksila
- Published: December 15, 1995
- Series: Seminar Volumes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755254.072

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### Overview and provenance
- Booklet: collection of papers presented at a seminar on policies for growth in Africa, held in Paris in February 1995.
- Seminar dates: February 13-14, 1995.
- Organized by: International Monetary Fund and the Ministry of Finance of Japan.
- Sponsored by: the Ministry of Finance of Japan.
- Author/editor listed: Claire Liuksila.
- Publication date on page: December 15, 1995.
- Length: 98 pages.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755254.072
- ISBN: 9781557755254
- Stock No: EAPGEA0000000

### Seminar focus — four broad themes
- How to enable the private sector to play a lead role in the growth process in Africa.
- How to boost domestic savings and help the financial sector to contribute to the mobilization and efficient us[e] of resources.
- How to facilitate foreign aid and make it more effective.
- What are the essential elements of sound debt management practices?

### Subject coverage and keywords
- Subjects: Balance of payments, Debt service, Debt strategy, External debt, Foreign direct investment, Government debt management, Public financial management (PFM).
- Keywords: Africa, country, debt, debt management strategy, Debt service, Debt strategy, donor country policy, East Asia, Foreign direct investment, Global, government, Government debt management, governments in Africa, IBRD loan, IDA credit, MTU, private sector activity, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa.

### Access and formats
- Notation: More formats available on IMF eLibrary.
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- Citation example provided on page (Chicago format): Claire Liuksila. External Assistance and Policies for Growth in Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed 9/21/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755254.072

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