dc.description.abstract | The use of exchange rate devaluation has recently re-emerged as a stabilization tool to correct macroeconomic imbalances in developing countries, as was the case under the structural adjustment programmes during the debt crisis of the 1980s. There has been increased use of active exchange rate policies to enhance economic activity and safeguard lives and livelihoods from the consequences of recent economic crises. At the same time, public debt has also re-emerged as one of the issues at the centre of economic and political debate in Africa, as governments have resumed debt accumulation to invest in infrastructure and social spending as part of efforts to recover from the effects of recent economic shocks. Despite the current prominence of
debt management and exchange rate depreciation issues, there have been very few recent empirical studies looking at the relationship between these economic fundamentals. The main objective of the present paper is therefore to examine the extent to which exchange rate depreciation affects external debt in Africa, in both the short and the long run, taking into consideration countries’ exchange rate regimes and natural resource intensity. The study applies the panel cointegration method by estimating the autoregressive distributed lag model to allow for the assessment of both the short- and long-term effects of exchange rate developments on external debt. The results indicate that in countries with relatively fixed exchange rate regimes, devaluation
is more likely to result in a reduction of the external debt burden, while in countries with flexible exchange rate regimes, devaluation is more likely to enhance the impact of exports on external debt reduction. To some extent, the results suggest that flexible exchange rates may not be operating at their optimal levels to ensure a significant negative impact of exchange rate devaluation on external debt. | en |
dc.title | Exchange rate devaluations and external debt management in Africa | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::MONETARY ISSUES::FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::MONETARY ISSUES::FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::DEBT MANAGEMENT | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::MONETARY ISSUES::DEVALUATION | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::MONETARY ISSUES::DEVALUATION | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::BANKING AND INVESTMENT::DEBT | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS::AFRICA | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS::AFRICA | en |
uneca.creatorCorporate.fulltaxonomy | Corporate Authors::United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Macroeconomic Policy Division | en |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Macroeconomic Policy Division | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEBT MANAGEMENT | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEVALUATION | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEVALUATION | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEBT | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | AFRICA | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | AFRICA | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | The Library also has edition in French with title"Dévaluations des taux de change et gestion
de la dette extérieure en Afrique" | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | Includes Reference and annexes. | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa: | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA, | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-03T14:05:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-02-03T14:05:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/50305 | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |
dc.format.extent | 20 p. :ill. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Working paper | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Macroeconomic Policy Division | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEBT MANAGEMENT | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEVALUATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DEBT | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | AFRICA | |
ags.subjectClassification | 02.12.00 MONETARY ISSUES | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2024 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | b099585 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | b099585 | |