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Indonesia's debt-for-development swap experience : past, present and future
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Abstract
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| This paper systematically reviews recent experience with debt-for-development swaps in Indonesia, the only debtor country where the number of such operations could war - rant its qualification as a genuine government debt relief and development finance policy. First, we show that the 11 swaps Indonesia has signed with its bilateral creditors since 2002 perform rather erratically across four criteria: the increase of resources at the country and/or government budget level; the increase of resources for intended sector purposes; whether, taken together, these swaps ease debt burdens; and the extent of their alignment with government policy and systems. Second, the paper finds little evidence of learning on the Indonesian side. We believe Indonesia can take a more proactive stance in negotiating the economic terms underlying its debt swaps and suggest concrete ways to do so in future swap deals. |
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English
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IOB working paper ; 2013:10
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Antwerp
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UA, Institute of Development Policy and Management
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2013
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31 p.
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Full text (open access)
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