## Debt Relief for Togo

_IMF Podcasts, December 20, 2010_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Debt Relief for Togo](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/debt-relief-for-togo)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/debt-relief-for-togo/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/debt-relief-for-togo/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/debt-relief-for-togo/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 20, 2010

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### Core findings and themes
- Togo has qualified for over $1.8 billion of debt relief—equivalent to 80 percent of its external debt.
- The IMF created the "HIPC" Initiative, designed to release the poorest nations from the cycle of endless interest payments on unsustainable debt.
- The episode examines the implications of HIPC debt relief for Togo’s external debt sustainability and prospects for poverty reduction and development finance.

### Participants and production
- Guest: Roger Nord, IMF African Dept.
- Hosts/Producers:
  - Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund (producer of the IMF podcast program)
  - Rhoda Metcalfe, independent journalist and audio producer
- Bruce Edwards is described as an award-winning audio producer and journalist who has covered armed conflicts, social unrest, and natural disasters and who aims to showcase economists’ research in IMF podcasts.

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## Content in this bundle

- [Togo (MP3)](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-podcast/imported-podcast-mp3/external/podcast/2010/togo.mp3){rel="external" type="audio/mpeg"}

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/debt-relief-for-togo_