heavily indebted poor countries

The leaders promised to speed up efforts to achieve debt relief for 20 of the most heavily indebted poor countries.

The treatment being given Iraq has in the past been reserved for so-called heavily indebted poor countries, mostly aid-dependent nations in Africa.

Under its Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, the Bank relieved Uganda's debt in 1997.

We need to go further than the HIPS 'heavily indebted poor countries' initiative and engage in a vast programme for the cancellation of the debt of developing countries.

This initiative should have appropriate and suitable support for the heavily indebted poor countries who are struggling to apply economic reform, hoping to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty.

Honduras was declared one of the heavily indebted poor countries by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and was made eligible for debt relief in 2005.

China's trade minister, Shi Guangsheng, told a forum in Beijing on China-Africa cooperation that the offer would be made to heavily indebted poor countries and the least-developed countries.

(US$56.9 m.) in bilateral debt relief to the DRC under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.

In July 2000, Honduras reached its decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC), qualifying the country for interim multilateral debt relief.

When I read that sentence, I realized there is now a new abbreviation in French, PPLE, for 'pays pauvres lourdement endettés ' , or heavily indebted poor countries.

From 2010 WDM ran a campaign on climate debt opposing the UK government's plans to give money in the form of climate loans to already heavily indebted poor countries in the global South.

Bolivia is a beneficiary of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC debt relief programs, which by agreement restricts Bolivia's access to new soft loans.

The Bush administration would like to see the group's countries cancel as much as 90 percent of the Iraqi debt due them, treatment that has in the past been reserved for so-called heavily indebted poor countries, mostly aid-dependent nations in Africa.

Drastic reductions in the debt burden of heavily indebted poor countries are urgently needed as action taken so far under the HIPC initiative will, as a result of falling raw material prices, be completely inadequate for any sustained financial relief.

From 1998 to 2002 she was Honduras' Minister of Finance, during which period she was particularly known for playing an important role in managing the country's external debt in having Honduras successfully being included in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.

Soon, possibly next year (as soon as Sudan is granted debt relief under the heavily indebted poor countries scheme, itself an unfair and patronising relic), £700m or more will appear as aid in the UK's accounts, despite consisting of nothing but hot air and red ink.