Article: The Gambia to receive US$91 million in debt service relief;The IMF and World Bank support debt relief for the Gambia under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.

M2 PRESSWIRE-15 December 2000-IMF: The Gambia to receive US$91 million in debt service relief;The IMF and World Bank support debt relief for the Gambia under the enhanced HIPC Initiative (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Washington -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group's International Development Association (IDA) agreed to support a comprehensive debt reduction package for The Gambia under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.

Total relief from all of The Gambia's creditors is worth nearly US$67 million in Net Present Value (NPV) terms 1, which is equivalent to 27 ...

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