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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