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Show The Effects of African Debt Relief: Analysis of Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Debt Service (1998-2002) Tadd C Dietz (Howard Lehman} Department of Political Science My primary mo1 Nation tar research Isiosee If pasi cfebt relef In flfrkan natbns has been an effective means at addressing some of lhe undeifring problems fac ing Afrkan deuebpmeni >Aore specifically. If debt relleF programs have been effective at increasing efforts to promc-ie neakh and education within selected countries. My research analyzes 14 countries over a b year perrcd from 1*W2ttK.Tr« H countries selected include Benin, &uikina Fasc^ Ethiopia. Ghana. Madagascar. hfalL Ma u mania, h^ambiquerN^H Rwanda, Senega I Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia Each ofihe countries have qualified For debt relief uncfer the World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initial rve In order for thereto be a meaning I vktory In the area of debt relief chew muse beianglble benefiis that affect rhe people in general Allevatlng the financalconsi lalnts of debimust tra nslale Into benerlis tar the people of rhe given countries. Immediate resu Us a re rwt expected based on the slow natu re oF the political process and Konornlc factors within a gftien country However, wrl h the Freer economic capacity thai comes wrt h cfebt wlief there shoud be a gradual Increase In the alkratlon of iesc-u ices towards the promotion soc tetal welFare. In-ireased spending on health and education woukJ subsequently contribute tcM he promotion of societal welfare Therefor*. It Is my hypothesis that with an Increase In the economic capacity 1hat would come from debi relleL there shoud be a gradual Increase In the resources alienated towards the promotion of hea h h ar>d educatkm n order 1o measure such a situation I will look ai Government wpendkures on hearth and education In relation to the expenditures spent on serving their detxs It Is my predttkm that there wll I be a gradual Increase In the government expenditures on hearth and education In a country If there Is a subsequent decrease In a country^ debt servce Conversely. I predict that If there is not a decrease in a country s debt service over time I woukJ rrot apect to see Increased allocal ran of resources towa rds hearth and education purposes |