An Analysis of External Debt and Capital Flight in the Severely Indebted Low Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 1, 1997

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Simeon Inidayo Ajayi. An Analysis of External Debt and Capital Flight in the Severely Indebted Low Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed November 21, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The general objective of this study is to analyze the external debt and debt burdens of the severely indebted sub-Saharan African countries, estimate the magnitude of capital flight from them, and relate the estimate of capital flight to some macroeconomic aggregates. The study also contains policy implications of international efforts to deal with the high levels of external debt in sub-Saharan Africa in conditions of extreme poverty, and stagnant and declining exports. It questions the theoretical foundation in which the external debt strategy has been based and offers solutions to the external debt problem.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital outflows, Debt burden, Debt service, Exports, External debt, International trade

Keywords: Africa, Capital flight estimate, Capital flight issue, Capital flight reversal, Capital outflows, Debt burden, Debt service, Export ratio, Exports, External debt, GNP ratio, Hot money, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

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62
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Working Paper No. 1997/068
Stock No:

WPIEA0681997
ISBN:

9781451961119
ISSN:

1018-5941

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