Debt reduction, either through stock of debt reduction or debt service reduction based on a concessional rescheduling, will continue to be considered only in exceptional cases.

Debt reduction is not fatal.

Consultative Work (Vietnam) poverty reduction program in northern mountainous areas.

First, Greek debt reduction was postponed for too long.

Indonesia's success in family planning program is well recognized internationally. This program has contributed significantly to the reduction of its population growth, due to the reduction of its Total Fertility Rate (TFR).

Initially, to facilitate debt reduction, bondholders would face another haircut.

Secondly, debt cancellation and reduction should be extended and intensified.

The work of our two institutions in areas as diverse as poverty reduction strategies, debt relief, and the unheralded joint program to analyze financial sectors in our member countries strengthened the global economy.

21. Stresses that debt relief should contribute to development objectives, including poverty reduction, and in this regard urges countries to direct those resources freed through debt relief, in particular through debt cancellation and reduction, towards these objectives

Fifth, debt burdens that cannot be eased by growth, savings, or inflation must be rendered sustainable through orderly debt restructuring, debt reduction, and conversion of debt into equity.

So, as austerity undermines growth, debt reduction will be marginal at best.

But neither improved competitiveness, nor reduction of total debt, can be achieved overnight.

Multilateral lenders have long understood the importance of debt relief to poverty reduction.

Such a debt conversion program would offer five benefits. For starters, unlike the ECB s current quantitative easing, it would involve no debt monetization.

Undoubtedly, debt reduction and increased aid have a role to play in this process.

Chief among these changes has been the adoption, in most countries, of flexible exchange rates and reduction of external debt, particularly government debt.

Despite significantly lower debt GDP ratios and continuous debt restructuring, they eventually needed the large debt reduction that came with the issuance of Brady bonds to achieve some breathing room.

A better solution would have been debt reduction at an earlier stage of the crisis.

One can easily imagine the ranting in Germany about this kind of program still more debt!

Given this, we should expect Greek debt yields to rise further, despite the current IMF program.

One can easily imagine the ranting in Germany about this kind of program still more debt!

If the IMF terminates its current program, Pakistan will be unable to service its foreign debt.

The National Target Program on Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction has helped improve living conditions of many households.

For many heavily indebted non HIPC and middle income countries, debt sustainability will require significantly more debt reduction or restructuring than has yet been proposed.

a rapid reduction of insolvent households debt burden, preceded by a temporary freeze on all foreclosures

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

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) study found a 16 reduction in diabetes risk for every kilogram of weight loss.

The expenditure cuts mandated by the outcome of the debt ceiling debate will reduce economic activity, thereby undermining growth and making debt reduction even more difficult.

Countries departing for the northern euro should make a one time contribution to these debt reduction efforts.

Fifth, debt burdens that cannot be eased by growth, savings, or inflation must be rendered sustainable through orderly debt restructuring, debt reduction, and conversion of debt into equity. This needs to be carried out for insolvent governments, households, and financial institutions alike.

Finally, GDP indexed bonds and other tools for dealing sensibly with unsustainable debt could be applied exclusively to member states debt not covered by the program and in line with international best practices for sovereign debt management.

The G 20 will not achieve growth and stability without a renewed focus on long term debt reduction.

Total debt relief accorded to the 27 countries that have reached either the decision point or the completion point, together with other debt relief measures, represents a two thirds reduction in these countries' overall debt stock.

After observing the famine of 1974, he became involved in poverty reduction and established a rural economic program as a research project.

This tax credit replaces the family benefits program, the non refundable tax credit for dependent children and the tax reduction for families.

The appropriate amount of debt reduction should be measured against the explicit development objectives defined by the NEPAD process.

a An option was included to convert US 30 year bond into a US 12 year bond with debt reduction.

Criteria for debt relief should be focused on the effective utilization of the resources released for poverty reduction and growth.

Saddled with debt, reparations and oil capacity constraints, and with the security situation highly uncertain, Iraq has yet to achieve self sustaining economic growth despite the reduction in Paris Club debt.

Anyone interested in peacemaking, poverty reduction, and Africa s future should read the new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report Sudan Post Conflict Environmental Assessment .

In short there is a significant ERW reduction program in place in Iraq however it is absorbing a significant amount of the available effort.

But fiscal discipline must be accompanied by policies that promote growth, without which balanced budgets and debt reduction cannot be achieved.

Reduction of debt service burdens can release domestic resources that can be allocated to slum upgrading or other urban developing activities.

BEIJING With the likelihood of a contagious sovereign debt implosion and European bank failures greatly reduced by the Greek debt deal and the European Central Bank s lending program, it is time to look ahead.

But that simply shifts leverage to the public sector, with any reduction in the ratio of private debt to GDP more than matched by an increase in the public debt ratio witness the Irish and Spanish governments high and rising debt burdens.