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Fiscal policy is critical to the development of poor countries. This book provides both a comprehensive and balanced guide to the current policy debate and new results on the development impact of fiscal policies.

A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.

This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as those working on peace and development.

A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.

This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as those working on peace and development.

Fiscal policy is critical to the development of poor countries. Public spending on pro poor services and public goods must be increased, tax revenues must be mobilized, and macro economic stabilization must be achieved without inhibiting growth, poverty reduction and post conflict reconstruction. This book provides both a comprehensive and balanced guide to the current policy debate and new results on the development impact of fiscal policies. It is essential reading for students of development economics as well as all those seeking to improve policy effectiveness.CHRISTOPHER ADAM Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK DAVID BEVAN University Lecturer in Economics, University of Oxford, UK SONIA BHALOTRA Reader in Economics, University of Bristol, UK ABDUR CHOWDHURY Director of the Economic Analysis Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland MICK FOSTER Mick Foster Economics Ltd, UK ADRIAN FOZZARD Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank, East Asia and Pacific Region NORMAN GEMMELL School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK CHRISTOPHER HEADY Head of Tax Policy and Statistics, OECD, France NIELS HERMES Department of Financial Management, University of Groningen, The Netherlands RAGHBENDRA JHA Australia South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University, Australia ROBERT LENSINK Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands MARK MCGILLIVRAY Senior Research Fellow and Project Director, UNU/WIDER, Helsinki, Finland ANDREW MCKAY Profess or of Economics, University of Bath, UK OLIVER MORRISSEY Director of Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, UK MANSOOB MURSHED Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands LEONCE NDIKUMANA Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA RITVA REINIKKA Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank, USA JAKOB SVENSSON Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that debt relief benefits poor people? And how can we ensure that poor countries do not become highly indebted again? These are some of the key policy issues covered in this rigorous and independent analysis of debt, development, and poverty. JEAN-CLAUDE BERTHLEMY Professor of Economics, University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France ARNE BIGSTEN Professor of Development Economics, G/teborg University, Sweden NANCY BIRDSALL Founding President, Center for Global Development, Washington, USA ABDUR R.CHOWDHURY Director, Economic Analysis Division, United Nations Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland STIJN CLAESSENS Professor of International Finance, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ERA DABLA-NORRIS International Monetary Fund, USA ISHAC DIWAN Company Director for Ethiopia and Sudan, World Bank, USA BENNO FERRARINI Director of Economic Research at the World Trade Institute, Switzerland RASMUS HELTBERG World Bank, USA JRGEN LEVIN Research Fellow, rebo University, Sweden JOHN M.MATOVU International Monetary Fund, USA OLIVER MORRISSEY Director, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, UK MACHIKO NISSANKE Head of Economic Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK CATHERINE PATTILLO Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA HKAN PERSSON Associate Professor of Economics, rebo University, Sweden HLNE POIRSON Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA AMINUR RAHMAN PhD candidate in economics, University College, London, UK LUCA ANTONIO RICCI International Monetary Fund, USA KENNTH SIMLER Research Fellow, International Food Policy Institute, Washington, USA PAUL WADE World Bank, USA