Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 184
... debt service payments , swollen by high interest rates , that made external debt a major problem in the last decade . In 1990 the 111 developing countries reporting their debt to the World Bank paid $ 66 billion in interest and $ 75 ...
... debt service payments , swollen by high interest rates , that made external debt a major problem in the last decade . In 1990 the 111 developing countries reporting their debt to the World Bank paid $ 66 billion in interest and $ 75 ...
Page 185
... debt , or debt owed by governments . There is a substantial record in the financial history of industrial countries themselves of nonpayment of debt and of its ac- ceptance by creditor governments in the interest of restoring stricken ...
... debt , or debt owed by governments . There is a substantial record in the financial history of industrial countries themselves of nonpayment of debt and of its ac- ceptance by creditor governments in the interest of restoring stricken ...
Page 186
... debt - relief measures now being pursued in the form of " debt for nature " swaps . Countries are in effect relieved of some of their debt by repaying it at a discount in their local currency ; the payment is then used to finance ...
... debt - relief measures now being pursued in the form of " debt for nature " swaps . Countries are in effect relieved of some of their debt by repaying it at a discount in their local currency ; the payment is then used to finance ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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