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Oct

7

2003

12:00—1:30 PM
Center for Global Development
EVENTS | RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES (RSS)

When Is External Debt Sustainable?

Aart Kraay and Vikram Nehru of the World Bank presented "When Is External Debt Sustainable?" The discussant was CGD president Nancy Birdsall.

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