WIDER CONFERENCE ON DEBT RELIEF
HELSINKI, 17-18 AUGUST 2001
DEBT RELIEF AND THE RULE OF THUMB:
ANALYTICAL HISTORY OF
HIPC DEBT SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
Peter Hjertholm
*
27 July 2001
*
Economist and Research Librarian, Research Department, The Ro yal Library, Soeren Kierkegaards
Plads 1, DK-1016, Copenhagen K, Denmark (e-mail: peh@kb.dk). Initial research for this paper was
done while the author was Assistant Research Professor in the Develop ment Economics Research Group
(DERG) at the Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen. Comments and suggestions on earlier
drafts by Jens Kovsted and Henrik Hansen from DERG are appreciated. The usual caveats apply.