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Global Insight Analysis of Debt-relief Efforts on African Nations
As part of Global Insight's newly-expanded Sovereign Risk Service, the impact of debt-relief measures are analyzed, including the comprehensive Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) proposed at the G8 Summit in July 2005, canceling 100% of the debt for developing nations that have reached the "completion point" under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.*
Some key findings:
- Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, and Zambia are poised to materially benefit the most from MDRI/HIPC debt-relief measures.
- Nigeria, while not eligible for HIPC status because of its large oil reserves, has finalized a debt deal with the Paris Club of Creditors making Nigeria the largest single beneficiary of debt relief to date.
- A medium-term sovereign rating upgrade should help facilitate the reintroduction of HIPC countries to global credit markets.
- While debt relief has a material impact, rating changes in Africa will depend as much, or more, on "traditional factors"
such as:
- Export/import ratios
- Political stability
- Governance
- Economic and social factors
- The current energy and commodities boom
- Future committed donor aid
Global Insight's expanded Sovereign Risk Service assesses the credit worthiness of 203 countries and is fully integrated with Global Insight's macroeconomic forecasting services and its "Same-Day Analysis" event-driven country intelligence. Each of the 203 countries is systematically examined across factors spanning economics, politics, and financial positions, with a short- and medium-term credit rating view.
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*Note: The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) cancels 100% of the debt owed to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank's International Development Association, and the African Development Fund for developing nations that have reached the "completion point" under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.
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