## Burundi: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Decision Point Document

_IMF Staff Country Reports, September 13, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 13, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802894.002

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### Summary and principal findings
- This paper explains Burundi’s Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).
- Burundi’s social indicators reflect the effects of poverty compounded by decades of violence.
- The government’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) is based on broad consultations, but limited in some provinces by security conditions.
- The debt sustainability analysis (DSA) shows that even after HIPC assistance, Burundi would remain above the HIPC threshold for a considerable period of time, leaving it vulnerable to prolonged risk of debt distress.

### Analysis: social conditions and strategy
- Social indicators: reflect poverty compounded by decades of violence (no additional numeric indicators provided in source).
- I-PRSP:
  - Based on broad consultations.
  - Consultations limited in some provinces by security conditions.

### Analysis: debt sustainability and HIPC implications
- Debt sustainability analysis (DSA) finding:
  - Even after HIPC assistance, Burundi would remain above the HIPC threshold for a considerable period of time.
  - Consequence: vulnerability to prolonged risk of debt distress.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Arrears, Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Debt service, Exports, External debt, International trade
- Keywords: Arrears, Burundi authorities, CR, debt management, debt relief, Debt relief, Debt service, exchange rate, Exports, gross investment, HIPC assistance, ISCR, private sector, public expenditure, Sub-Saharan Africa

*International Monetary Fund. "Burundi: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Decision Point Document", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 329 (2005).*

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