Policy Papers

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)—Statistical Update

August 6, 2019

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International Monetary Fund, and World Bank. "Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)—Statistical Update", Policy Papers 2019, 028 (2019), accessed 12/6/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513510095.007

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Summary

This report reviews developments in the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). It also provides updates on debt service and poverty-reducing expenditure by beneficiary countries, as well as on the cost of debt relief, creditor participation rates, and litigation against HIPCs.

Subject: Arrears, Asset and liability management, Banking, Debt burden, Debt relief, Debt service, External debt, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt

Keywords: Arrears, cost, Debt burden, Debt relief, debt service, Debt service, decision point, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative - Issues Related to the Sunset Clause, HIPC debt relief, HIPC Initiative, IMF board, IMF MDRI assistance, IMF MDRI assistance to Cambodia, Middle East, PP, present value, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Total Post-Decision-Point HIPCs, WB debt sustainability analysis