Ghana Eligible For HIPC Assistance

Ghana has been listed as part of countries eligible to get assistance under the Highly Indebted Poor Country exercise by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Ghana made the list of 36 , together with other countries such as Haiti, Chad and Afghanistan among others whom the Bretton Woods Institution say they can freely call on it for HIPC assistance.

The objective of the HIPC Initiative is to support poor countries stricken with debt crisis to manage their indebtedness.

The initiative spearheaded by IMF and world Bank came into being in 1996.

See full list of the 36 countries

Post-Completion-Point Countries (36)

Afghanistan

Benin,

Bolivia

 

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d’Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana São Tomé & Príncipe

Haiti

Honduras

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi Uganda

Mali

Mauritania

Mozambique

Nicaragua

Niger

Republic of Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

The Gambia

Togo

Zambia

Pre-Decision-Point Countries (3)

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan