Debt for Development

Books and articles highlighting intractable debt, poverty, and development abound in both the academic and popular literature. This addition to the debate is both timely and interesting as it subsumes the economic debate to the broader social, political, environmental, and institutional context of debt in developing countries. Debt-for-Development Exchanges: History and New Applications is intended for a wide audience including academics from a range of disciplines (including accounting and finance); non-Government organizations (NGOs); civil society groups; and, both debtor and creditor governments and public sector organization. Professor Ross Buckley, author, and editor, has developed an international profile in the area of debt relief, said: "This book is the outcome of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant to explore debt-for-development mechanisms that relieve debt, improve development outcomes from aid, are practically and politically attractive to creditors and contribute to regional security.