Saving less when there is more foreign lending? Foreign debt and savings in developing countries

Luke Okafor and Joanna Tyrowicz

Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2010, vol. 13, issue 3, 213-223

Abstract: Although literature has given considerable attention to the effects of foreign debt on growth, we still know little about its effects on the internal potential for capital formation. Literature suggests a number of channels through which the availability of foreign financing could affect domestic savings. We test empirically this relationship using data for Sub‐Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean over 1975–2004. Controlling for endogeneity, we find that foreign debt adversely influences domestic savings especially in the long run. The results are not susceptible to the choice of countries, although few outliers should be noted.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2010.503081

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