Origin and consequences of the debt crisis and ways of solving it

by Jürgen Westphalen

In the 1970s Latin America accounted for a high, and constantly increasing, proportion of the total public foreign debt of all developing countries, reaching a share of 35% by the end of the decade. In comparison, Latin America's share of the total GDP of the developing countries is around 20%. The following article explains the specific causes of the debt crisis in Latin America and suggests some ways of overcoming it.

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Year of publication:	March/April 1984
Authors:	Westphalen, Jürgen
Published in:	Intereconomics : review of European economic policy. - Warsaw, Poland : Sciendo, ISSN 1613-964X, ZDB-ID 2066476-X. - Vol. 19.1984, 2, p. 71-77
Subject:	Auslandsverschuldung \| Iberoamerika \| Latin America \| Internationale Staatsschulden \| International sovereign debt \| Lateinamerika

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1007/BF02928296 [DOI] hdl:10419/139906 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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