01005nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000245006900018260002400087300001100111500002900122520072500151583001900876  a11.03.01 I618  aExternal debt : definition, statistical coverage and methodology  bOECDaParisFRc1988  a178 p.  aBibliography: p. 176-178  aDiscusses 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.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR