Term:
Debt for cash swap
Definition:

Exchange of debts for cash. This is done through the secondary market of bank claims where a country's debt can be sold for cash at a discount. Mainly used so far in Chile. Note that the actual Chilean process is called adquisicid6n de titulos de la deuda extema.

Domain:
Finance
Source:
World Bank: Glossary of Finance and Debt
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