Sovereign Debt Crises : What Can Be Learned?

Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo (EDT); Raffer, Kunibert (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1316510441 / ISBN 13: 9781316510445

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017

Seller Inventory # 29627621-n

Synopsis:

Contributes to a better understanding of the policy, economic, and legal options of countries struggling with debt problems.

About the Authors: Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is a United Nations Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights. He previously worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and as a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). A doctor of law with wide experience in international relations and litigation, he is the author of numerous books and articles on sovereign financing, economic complicity, and human rights.

Kunibert Raffer was an associate professor (retired September 2016) at the Department of Economics, Universität Wien, Austria; Honorary Professor of the Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Argentina; member of the Sovereign Bankruptcy Group of the International Law Association; 1989 Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (Sussex) invited by Sir Hans (HW) Singer with whom he co-authored two books; and 1990–93 Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Commerce, University of Birmingham. In 1998 he participated in the United Nations Development Programme's research project 'International Development Cooperation and Global Public Goods.' He is a former lecturer at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) (on debt and the Millennium Development Goals), and he proposed a model of sovereign insolvency (Raffer Proposal).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sovereign Debt Crises : What Can Be Learned?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New