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Human Rights Maps (28): Debt Relief and the HIPC Initiative

The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC), set up in 1996, aims to reduce the debt of the poorest countries in the world. Poor countries are eligible if they face unsustainable debt and if they agree to follow certain policies of good governance as defined by the World Bank and the IMF.

More on the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.

highly indebted poor countries hipc

africa map debt service as percentage of government revenues

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