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To Forgive or Not to Forgive Essay
To Forgive or Not to Forgive
Debt is a substantial problem facing many countries in the world today. Some of the more economically stable countries are able to pay off their
debt through strategic budget planning. However, there are many countries that constantly struggle to solve their debt problems. In response of
this issue, the IMF and the World Bank have designed a framework to provide special assistance for heavily indebtedpoor countries that pursue
IMF and World Bank supported adjustment and reform programs. This framework has been called the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative;
it is also known as the HIPC Initiative. In this paper, I will explain the advantages and disadvantages of the HIPC Initiative. My main...show more
content...
In September 1996, the IMF and the World Bank launched a program to address this situation. The HIPC Initiative is designed to provide
exceptional assistance to eligible countries following sound economic policies to help them reduce their external debt burden to sustainable
levels. Since 1996, the HIPC Initiative has had several successes in its development. A total of 23 countries reached their decision point under
the enhanced HIPC Initiative by September 2001. The decision point is the phase in the Initiative process where a debt sustainability analysis
will be carried out to determine the current external debt situation of the country. A total of $20.7 billion of debt relief in net present value terms
($33.9 billion in nominal debt service relief) has been committed to the 23 decision point countries under the HIPC Initiative. Combined with
traditional debt relief and likely additional bilateral debt forgiveness, the HIPC Initiative will reduce the debt stock of the 23 countries by almost
twoโ€“thirds from $54 billion in net present value terms to roughly $20 billion (International Monetary Fund, 2000).
Despite these optimistic progressions, there have been several challenges to keeping the HIPC Initiative an
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To Forgive Or Not To Forgive Essay

  • 1. To Forgive or Not to Forgive Essay To Forgive or Not to Forgive Debt is a substantial problem facing many countries in the world today. Some of the more economically stable countries are able to pay off their debt through strategic budget planning. However, there are many countries that constantly struggle to solve their debt problems. In response of this issue, the IMF and the World Bank have designed a framework to provide special assistance for heavily indebtedpoor countries that pursue IMF and World Bank supported adjustment and reform programs. This framework has been called the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative; it is also known as the HIPC Initiative. In this paper, I will explain the advantages and disadvantages of the HIPC Initiative. My main...show more content... In September 1996, the IMF and the World Bank launched a program to address this situation. The HIPC Initiative is designed to provide exceptional assistance to eligible countries following sound economic policies to help them reduce their external debt burden to sustainable levels. Since 1996, the HIPC Initiative has had several successes in its development. A total of 23 countries reached their decision point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative by September 2001. The decision point is the phase in the Initiative process where a debt sustainability analysis will be carried out to determine the current external debt situation of the country. A total of $20.7 billion of debt relief in net present value terms ($33.9 billion in nominal debt service relief) has been committed to the 23 decision point countries under the HIPC Initiative. Combined with traditional debt relief and likely additional bilateral debt forgiveness, the HIPC Initiative will reduce the debt stock of the 23 countries by almost twoโ€“thirds from $54 billion in net present value terms to roughly $20 billion (International Monetary Fund, 2000). Despite these optimistic progressions, there have been several challenges to keeping the HIPC Initiative an Get more content on HelpWriting.net