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Apart from items associated with debt and debt relief, the main categories of international financial flows consist of official development assistance (ODA), official development finance (ODF—i.e. not on concessional terms), foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances (particularly personal remittances).
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It should be noted that the discussion in this chapter does not cover all forms of external payments and that one particular area which is omitted is suppliers’ credit.
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Huq, M., Tribe, M. (2018). External Financial Flows and Debt Relief. In: The Economy of Ghana. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60243-5_13
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