The main pillar of our programme is the fiscal adjustment needed to limit external vulnerability and the increase of Croatia's external debt to gross domestic product ratio.

External debt

External debt

Haiti External debt

External public debt

Recent developments in external debt

Servicing of external public debt

Need for broader external debt relief

Macroeconomic policy questions external debt crisis

Unlike other Latin American, Caribbean and Central American countries, Guatemala's external debt situation is stable, with normal debt servicing loads and external debt indicators in the moderate range.

59 223. External debt crisis and development

60 187. External debt crisis and development

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58 203. External debt crisis and development

Table 1 Africa's external debt, 1970 2002

58 203 External debt crisis and development

58 203 External debt crisis and development

(c) External debt crisis and development (A 60 139)

Debt sustainability is also affected by vulnerability to external shocks.

Closely related to ODA is the issue of external debt.

1989 Master of Political Science (External debt of Latin America).

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Gross public and private external debt is below 40 of GDP, and much of it is denominated in rubles. The sharp fall in export income is rapidly changing the situation, but Russia is starting from a comfortable position.

Fiscal adjustment was also necessary to limit external vulnerability and the increase of external debt in relation to GDP.

In December 2001, the Government declared default on its external debt.

Special communiqué on the swapping of external debt for investment in education

In Yemen, total external debt has been rising as a result of substantial budget deficits. That process appears to have accelerated in 2004, and total external debt is estimated at some 6.6 billion.

Expresses its concern at the fact that the options for macroeconomic policy of developing countries are constrained by demands for adjustment and that many countries, particularly in sub Saharan Africa, still carry very high external debt burdens relative to their gross national product

There have been reductions in the ratios of debt to gross national income and debt service to export earnings since 2000, due to strenuous efforts at repayment by developing countries and some debt relief.

For starters, when it comes to public debt, there is a big difference between the gross and net figures. While Japan s gross public debt, for example, is a massive 246 of GDP, the net figure, accounting for intra government debts, is 127 of GDP.

The Government of Jordan continued its efforts to restructure the public debt stock, gradually replacing external by domestic sources with the external debt to GDP ratio declining from 76.4 per cent to 69.7 per cent during 2003 2004.

Figure 15 Indicators for external debt (as a percentage of exports of goods and services)

In Iraq, excessive external debt levels and massive war reparations are major obstacles to reconstruction.

Despite some internal and external constraints, last year we achieved a record 6.27 per cent growth in our gross domestic product.

Emphasizing the importance of finding a durable solution for those developing countries that have difficulties in meeting their external debt and debt servicing obligations,

In general, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries maintain low or modest external debt stocks and debt to GDP ratios and have accumulated substantial foreign assets.

Recalling its resolution 58 203 of 23 December 2003 on the external debt crisis and development,

(c) External debt crisis and development (continued) (A C.2 60 L.3 and L.51)

See report of the Secretary General entitled External debt crisis and development (A 59 219), paras.

(c) External debt crisis and development report of the Second Committee (A 60 486 Add.3)

External debt posed a pressing problem and restricted the Government's ability to implement poverty reduction programmes.

We are attentively following the international debate on the concept of the sustainability of external debt.

Malawi, therefore, supports the proposal to find comprehensive and durable solutions to the external debt problem.

In Egypt, the level of external debt remained steady, amounting to 29.5 billion in September 2004.

We hope that the right to development will become a living reality and that the developed countries will honour their pledges, including increasing official development assistance to 0.7 per cent of their gross domestic product, and will accelerate the process of forgiving the external debt of all poor countries.