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Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia and 30 others are on the World Bank's heavily indebted poor countries' list
- The heavily indebted poor countries' list is a joint initiative of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
- The aim is to ensure that no poor country in the world ever faces a debt burden it cannot manage.
- Out of 36 countries on the list, African countries dominate.
There are currently about 34 African countries on the World Bank and IMF's heavily indebted countries' list, according to data obtained by Business Insider Africa.
Among these heavily indebted poor countries are: Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo. Others include: Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.
The heavily indebted poor countries' list is a joint initiative by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which was launched in 1996. According to information obtained from the IMF fact sheet, the aim of the initiative is to ensure that no poor country in the world ever faces a debt burden it cannot manage.
This debt relief initiative works in such a way that multilateral financial organisations (including the IMF and the World Bank) work in partnership with governments across the world to lower external debts of impoverished countries to sustainable levels. Out of the 40 countries that are currently on this list, 33 are in Africa and they have a combined population of about 760 million people.
It is, however, important to note that being poor is not the only eligibility criteria for being admitted on the heavily indebted poor countries' list. There are a number of other requirements, including an established track record of capability to grow out of poverty overtime. The IMF listed the full criteria as follows:
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