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External debt : definition, statistical coverage and methodology

Material type: TextTextPublication details: OECD ParisFR 1988Description: 178 pAction note:
  • 3/7/00 M2LMGR
Summary: Discusses the objective of 4 organizations viz. the IMF, World Bank, OECD, and Bank for International Settlements, working towards a common definition of external debt. Reviews the purpose of the definition and its interpretation. Discusses outstanding issues relating to the definition that require further conceptual work such as debt coverage, debt service and net debt. Describes the statistical activities of the above 4 organizations reproducing specimen tables from their main publications. For each organization discusses the origins of debt statistics activities and methods used; relationship to the core definition; sectoring and special features. Appendices contain inter alia, a glossary of terms used.
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Monograph CARICOM Documentation Centre 11.03.01 I618 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0000000009172

Bibliography: p. 176-178

Discusses the objective of 4 organizations viz. the IMF, World Bank, OECD, and Bank for International Settlements, working towards a common definition of external debt. Reviews the purpose of the definition and its interpretation. Discusses outstanding issues relating to the definition that require further conceptual work such as debt coverage, debt service and net debt. Describes the statistical activities of the above 4 organizations reproducing specimen tables from their main publications. For each organization discusses the origins of debt statistics activities and methods used; relationship to the core definition; sectoring and special features. Appendices contain inter alia, a glossary of terms used.

3/7/00 M2LMGR

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