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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