## Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative - A First Assessment of Eligible Countries

_Policy Papers, December 8, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 8, 2005
- Series: Policy Papers

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### Purpose and mandate
- Responds to the Board’s request for an assessment of eligible countries that could qualify for Fund debt relief under the MDRI once the requisite consents and requests have been received.
- Directors requested that, by end-2005, staff prepare, in collaboration with the World Bank, an assessment of the 18 post-completion point HIPCs, as well as eligible non-HIPCs, and propose for Board consideration a list of members that would qualify immediately for MDRI debt relief.
- Directors also requested that, for those members that do not presently meet the MDRI qualification criteria, remedial measures be expressly identified that would allow them to qualify for MDRI relief.

### Key components of the assessment
- Coverage:
  - 18 post-completion point HIPCs.
  - Eligible non-HIPCs (number unspecified in the source content).
- Collaboration:
  - Assessment prepared by Fund staff in collaboration with the World Bank.
- Deliverable timeframe:
  - By end-2005: prepare and propose for Board consideration a list of members that would qualify immediately for MDRI debt relief and identify remedial measures for others.

### Context and dissemination
- Publication date on the landing page: December 8, 2005.
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- Citation text included on the page: Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative - A First Assessment of Eligible Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 9/18/2026.

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