1. CAITLIN GARRABRANT KATERINA MAMAY The Effect of Debt Forgiveness on Transparency Prof. VreelandOctober 14, 2014

2. Research Question and Hypothesis Debt forgiveness Transparency

3. Background Information Eric Neumayer’s research Nicholas Chauvin and Aart Kraay How is our research different?

4. Method 125 countries (1980-2010) Observations: 2103 Debt forgiveness mean:  -330.15 (millions of current $ US)  WDI Transparency mean:  1.178 (HRV index)

6. Case Studies Benin: - HIPC 1998-2003 - Increasing transparency before and during - Drop in transparency Sierra Leone - HIPC 2002-2007 - Stable transparency

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