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Debt Relief Pledged

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Debt Relief Pledged (In billions of U.S. dollars)
Country	Committed Debt Relief	Percentage Reduction	Face Value
	(In Net Present Value terms)
TOTAL	$20.3	47%	$33.6

AFRICA	$14.6	46%	$25.1
Benin	0.3	31	0.5
Burkina Faso	0.4	46	0.7
Cameroon	1.3	27	2.0
The Gambia	0.1	27	0.1
Guinea	0.5	32	0.8
Guinea-Bissau	0.4	85	0.8
Madagascar	0.8	40	1.5
Malawi	0.6	44	1.0
Mali	0.5	37	0.9
Mauritania	0.6	50	1.1
Mozambique	2.0	72	4.3
Niger	0.5	54	0.9
Rwanda	0.5	71	0.8
Sãn Tomé & Principe	0.1	83	0.2
Senegal	0.5	19	0.9
Tanzania	2.0	53	3.0
Uganda	1.0	48	2.0
Zambia	2.5	63	3.8

LATIN AMERICA	$5.7	49%	$8.5
Bolivia	1.3	45	2.1
Guyana	0.6	54	1.0
Honduras	0.6	18	0.9
Nicaragua	3.3	72	4.5

Source: World Bank and IMF staff estimates.

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See today's related articles:

How to Spell Debt Relief | The jubilee movement convinced the world to write down the debt of impoverished nations, but the strings attached provoke fresh debate on economic justice.

Private Debt: The Final Frontier | Broadening relief to include middle-income countries with private bank debt would be tricky.

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