In 1996 the World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCS) initiative:
a. to encourage multi-lateral aid agencies to increase the number of loans made available to the world’s poorest countries
b. as a program of debt relief that included debt forgiveness and poverty reducing policies
c. as a series of special low-interest loan programs with extended periods for paying them off available to the world’s poorest countries
d. as a series of resolutions passed by the UN Security Council to contain violence in the HIPCs
b. as a program of debt relief that included debt forgiveness and poverty reducing policies
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a. a written brief b. the assistance of counsel c. an appeal – d. a hearing
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A. agency heads B. federal courts C. Congress D. president
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A. effective government. B. caretaker government. C. limited government. D. impeachments of government officials. E. a call for new elections.
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a. the Supreme Court; implied b. the president; enumerated c. police officers; express d. Congress; incorporated e. the bureaucracy; superseding