The debt crisis of the 1980s brought increased attention to debt statistics and to the world debt tables the predecessor to global development finance now the global financial crisis has once again heightened awareness in developing countries of the importance of managing their external obligations international capital flows to the 128 . Global development finance 2012 external debt of developing countries world bank isbn 9780821394632 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Global development finance 2012 external debt of developing countries is a continuation of the world bank s publications global development finance volume ii 1997 through 2009 and the earlier world debt tables 1973 through 1996 as in previous years gdf 2012 provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 129 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed . The data and analysis presented in this edition of global development finance are based on actual flows and debt related transactions for 2010 reported to the world