... to repress the population. Haiti has now qualified for debt relief through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative but it still has to meet a series of conditions, including the sorts of economic policy reforms that have been harmful in the past, before it can complete the HIPC process and access urgently needed debt cancellation. But Haiti should not be forced to continue ...

... and IMF?s Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC), making it eligible for debt relief programs. If Haiti were to reach ?Completion Point? under HIPC, it would qualify for cancellation of around $586... harmful, as evidenced by the results of HIPC conditions in other developing nations (click here for more on the problems of HIPC conditions). These conditions will mean that, between ...

... reforms, on which aid from the IMF is conditional. In 2005, finance ministers of the leading eight industrialized nations (G-8) agreed to forgive some of Nicaragua's foreign debt, as part of the HIPC program. According to the World Bank Nicaragua's GDP was around $4.9 US billion dollars. Recently, in March 2007, Poland and Nicaragua signed an agreement to write off 30.6 million dollars which...

... will be strained. The reason for the delay is the insistence by these institutions that Haiti undergo further policy and structural reform under the framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. We ask you to consider the following: Haiti has been undergoing market oriented structural reform for over twenty years. Indeed, Haiti already has the lowest public sector ...

... the debts that qualifying heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) owe to the IMF, the World Bank, and...to the IDB. As a result, the four HIPCs in Latin America - Bolivia, Guyana, Honduras and ... into the IMF and World Banks program (or HIPC, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Initiative) in April. ...to go through the IMF and World Banks HIPC program, is quite manageable. The government has already...

... obtaining debt cancellation. Haiti was admitted into the IMF and World Bank's program (or HIPC, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Initiative) in April. The government is now committed to undergo a ... debt cancellation, without forcing Haiti to go through the IMF and World Bank's HIPC program, is quite manageable. The government has already submitted an interim poverty reduction strategy that ...

...Bank of Haitis participation in the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) debt initiative, and another program called the Poverty Reduction and...for Haitis macroeconomic stability and full debt relief under HIPC. The HIPC establishes a process that allows the world's poorest...September 18 that Haiti was eligible for assistance under the HIPC. The November 29-30 meeting in Madrid, organized by...

... it can now begin paying off the sum under the terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. In a final conference statement, delegates said that "participants welcome the decision" of the two... "opening the way to an annulling of Haiti's debts in the coming years." Under the HIPC initiative Haiti can pay off a 212.9 million dollar tranche of its debt before moving to...

...Sud Amérique. Le 19 septembre 2006, la Banque mondiale (BM) et le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) ont avisé de l’effacement probable d’une partie de la dette externe d’Haïti, en acceptant d’inclure la république caribéenne dans son programme intitulé « Highly Indebted Poor Countries » (HIPC), littéralement en français, Pays Pauvres Très endettés (PPTE). [do rc apr 24/11/2006 11 :00]

... have already gone through the Highly Indebted Poorer Country (HIPC) Initiative. HIPC was established by the International Monetary Fund and the ... of their debts. Haiti is currently negotiating entry into the HIPC initiative, but has not yet been accepted into the program. So, if it turns out that Haiti must complete HIPC first - debt relief is still two-three years away. Complicating ...