Contents:
Introduction.
Multilateral Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC). - Debt Relief under the G-8: The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). - Case Study: The Contemporary History of Debt Relief in Ghana.
Doctrinal Reconstruction of HIPC in a Public International Law Perspective: The Legal Quality of the HIPC Program under the Law of IMF and IDA. - Legal Relationship Between the HIPC Debtor and the International Financial Institutions. - Legal Relationship Between the HIPC Debtor and its Bi- and Multilateral Creditors. - Legal Relationship between the HIPC Debtor and non-Paris Club and Commercial Creditors. - Conclusion.
Multilateral Debt Relief Under HIPC - Global Governance Perspectives: Global Governance. - A Global Administrative Law Perspective on HIPC. - Findings: HIPC as an Instrument of Global Governance.
Issues of Legitimacy: Legitimacy: An Iridescent Concept. - Charter Based Legitimacy of the HIPC Program. - Issues of Sovereign Equality and Self-Determination. - Procedural Accountability. - Relief Achievements and Effectiveness of the HIPC Initiative. - Findings and Recommendations.
Conclusions.