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	<title>ONE &#187; Debt Cancellation</title>
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		<title>The State of Debt Cancelation</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/13/the-state-of-debt-cancelation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas.Huebers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those unfamiliar with the term, certain countries are considered Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, or HIPC.  These are countries that are eligible for special assistance from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
The annual “HIPC Status of implementation” report was published a couple weeks ago. There&#8217;s some very interesting information here:
In total 35 out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Avoid a Renewed Debt Crisis in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/05/how-to-avoid-a-renewed-debt-crisis-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/05/how-to-avoid-a-renewed-debt-crisis-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret McDonnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a very interesting congressional briefing titled “The Global Financial Crisis and Africa: How to Avoid a Renewed Debt Crisis?” hosted by partner organizations Jubilee USA Network, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the American Jewish World Service and the Episcopal Church.  The conversation focused around how to preserve the achievements that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Liberia&#8217;s Debt Buyback Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/17/more-on-liberias-debt-buyback-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/17/more-on-liberias-debt-buyback-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas.Huebers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After freeing itself from a civil war, Liberia is now freeing itself from another major impediment to its development: a mountain of foreign debt. Little more than a year ago, Liberia&#8217;s foreign debt totaled $4.9 billion, equivalent to 700% of Liberia&#8217;s national income. This basically means all Liberians would have had to work for seven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Slashes its Debt with Historic Buyback Deal!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/16/liberia-slashes-its-debt-with-historic-buyback-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/16/liberia-slashes-its-debt-with-historic-buyback-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberia bought back $1.2 billion in debt today at a 97% discount, &#8220;the steepest ever negotiated on developing country commercial debt.&#8221;
From the World Bank:
&#8220;The deal was concluded with the payment of $38 million to retire 25 outstanding commercial claims. The World Bank contributed half of this money through the International Development Association (IDA) Debt Reduction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cote d&#8217;Ivoire receives badly needed debt relief</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/07/cote-divoire-receives-badly-needed-debt-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/07/cote-divoire-receives-badly-needed-debt-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas.Huebers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 31, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire reached the &#8220;decision point&#8221; under the HIPC-initiative. Cote d&#8217;Ivoire is the 29th African country to reach the decision point. The West-African country can now stop servicing around $ 3 billion worth of mainly bilateral debt and start spending it on urgently needed health and education policies instead. The debt stock [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Burundi’s Debt Canceled</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/02/12/burundi%e2%80%99s-debt-canceled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/02/12/burundi%e2%80%99s-debt-canceled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas.Huebers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 29, Burundi reached its debt-canceling “completion point”! This is the final stage of the Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) which seeks to cancel highly indebted countries’ loans. After a long process, Burundi, a small country in Eastern Africa will now receive irrevocable cancellation of a little less than $ 1 billion in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Victory for Transparency</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/12/15/a-victory-for-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/12/15/a-victory-for-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica.Gomez.Duran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at ONE we love a good news story and this is a mini-victory for transparency!
The Paris Club of creditor nations has published the list of its debt claims on individual countries.  Although people have long argued for this, it’s the first time they have published this information.  This is a great step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates Pressing Obama on Foreign Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/12/04/bill-gates-pressing-obama-on-foreign-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/12/04/bill-gates-pressing-obama-on-foreign-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Gates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, (after speaking at the GWU forum) Bill Gates appeared on CNN to continue pushing Obama to &#8220;craft a wide-ranging stimulus package, to help jump-start the nation&#8217;s sputtering economy, and double the United States&#8217; commitment to foreign aid.&#8221; 
Excerpts from CNN.com below:
&#8220;On his Web site, Obama has pledged to double the United States&#8217; annual investment [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Status check: debt relief delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/11/status-check-debt-relief-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/11/status-check-debt-relief-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund released their annual report on the status of debt cancellation for the world’s poorest countries. 
The report monitors the two initiatives that channel debt relief: the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, called MDRI. Together, these two initiatives have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2008 G8 Summit: Outcomes for Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/10/1963/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/10/1963/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Hubbard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 G8 Japan Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African healthcare systems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hunger Crisis G8 Summit 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
African development was again the subject of G8 discussions as world leaders gathered in Toyako, Hokkaido in northern Japan from July 7-9 for the 2008 G8 Summit. While the G8 was confronted with multiple global challenges, including climate change and a weakening global economy, the 2008 Hokkaido Summit marked an important &#8220;mid point&#8221; moment in [...]]]></description>
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