External debt problems : possible impact on the African countries of the recommendations of the first Ministerial session of the trade and development board

Abstract

This report is a follow-up to this resolution. The first part consists of a review of the present external public debt situation of the African countries, its recent evolution-and future prospects. The second part deals with international action to ease the difficulties; create by the external indebtedness of the developing countries. In the third part, an attempt is made to assess the possible implications of the measures that, have been, proposed to alleviate the debt of tie African countries.