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Basic Structure of Debt Burden
note, these are statistics, don't expect them to all be
consistent!
See Enhanced
HIPC and Debt & MDG Data for a
list of all countries and their data
| There are three main groups of countries |
 | HIPC -Highly Indebted Poor Countries -42 |
| HIPC- Decision Point Countries 22 (now 26 Jan 2003)
 | Those HIPC countries that have reached decision point on the PRSP
(Poverty Reduction Strategy Program) |
| Rest of HIPC,
 | about 4 countries judged to be able to sustain their debts |
| about 9 regarded as conflict |
| 1 not seeking HIPC relief (conditionality not accepted?), |
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| Jubilee additional countries -11 -Which Jubilee believe are so poor
that they should get debt cancellation |
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Debt
burden for 42 HIPC and 11 Jubilee countries
and
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Who do the decision point countries
still owe money to? (Courtesy Drop The Debt)
The IMF and World Bank are the largest creditors
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Who owes what?
