+13.8% + 3.5 bil 96.1%
1985 950.3 bil + 6.0% 1.061 tril +18.9% 110.7 bil 32.6X
1986 1.071 tril +12.7% 1.341 tril +26.4% 269.2 bil + 2.4X
1987 1.168 tril + 9.0% 1.536 tril +14.6% 368.2 bil +36.8%
1988 1.297 tril +11.0% 1.770 tril +15.2% 473.3 bil +28.5%
(International Monetary Fund, March 1989; Council of
Economic Advisers, March 1989; Council of Economic
Advisers, February 1989)
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(such as The World Bank), and loans from the governments of developed countries. Such loans, for the most part, are characterized by high interest rates, specific annual (or more often) repayment requirements, and specific terms (maturity dates). The provisions of such loans are not, again for the most part, directly tied to either a country's annual economic performance, or its ability to pay in any given period. As a consequence, many developing countrie
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