01034nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000180001724500690003526000240010430000110012850000290013952007250016858300190089320260716043011.0  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