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Odious Debt

Odious Debt is a type of sovereign debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the nation’s interests and are often detrimental to its people, rendering it potentially unenforceable against successor states due to its illegitimate and oppressive nature.

21

Publications

805

Citations

25

Authors

17

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Odious Debts

Parents

Publications

21

Who Loses and Who Wins in a Housing Crisis? Lessons From Spain and Greece for a Nuanced Understanding of Dispossession

Georgia Alexandri, Michael Janoschka · Housing Policy Debate · 2017 · 139 citations

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Congo's Odious Debt: External Borrowing and Capital Flight in Zaire

Léonce Ndikumana, James K. Boyce · Development and Change · 1998 · 138 citations

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How much debt must be cancelled?

Joseph T. Hanlon · Journal of International Development · 2000 · 95 citations

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Odious Debt

Seema Jayachandran, Michael Kremer · American Economic Review · 2006 · 72 citations

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Africa's Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled the Continent

Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane · Development in Practice · 2012 · 52 citations

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Authors

25

  1. MK
    Michael Kremer

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

    2

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  2. SL
    Sarah Ludington

    Campbell University, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

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  3. LN
    Léonce Ndikumana

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    2 publications · 162 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. SJ
    Seema Jayachandran

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

    2

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  5. JK
    James K. Boyce

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    2 publications · 162 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

17

  1. Campbell University

    Buies Creek, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  3. University of Massachusetts Boston

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    276 citations

  4. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. Africa Society for Blood Transfusion

    Durban, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  6. Trencianska Univerzita Alexandra Dubceka V Trencine

    Trenčín, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    139 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 51 citations

    3

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  2. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

    Repository · 1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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  3. Theoretical Inquiries in Law

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

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  4. American Economic Review

    1 publications · 72 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Development and Change

    1 publications · 138 citations

    1

    h-index

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