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The debt problem of poor countries has attracted considerable public attention in the 1990’s through the Jubillee 2000 campaign for debt cancellation. The United Nations’ Millennium Declaration and the associatedMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) have played an important role in the recognition of debt as a global issue by focusing the world’s attention on the plight of the poorest, and making debt relief one of the development goals. In Monterrey in March 2002 the international community agreed that external debt relief could play an important role in financing development and accelerating progress toward the MDGs.
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Mesjasz, L. (2011). Debt Relief, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Countries. In: Brauch, H., et al. Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_5
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