Iraq: Paris Club Debt Relief

[摘要] Iraq’s public debt was estimated to be US$120.2 billion in nominal value as of theend of 2004. The debt owed to Paris Club creditors as of December 31, 2004, wasestimated to be US$38.9 billion. The U.S. share of this amount is around $4 billion.Non-Paris Club countries, mostly Persian Gulf countries, are owed around $60 - $65billion. The remaining debts are to private commercial creditors. Iraqi debt relief is ahigh priority for both the President and Congress (H.R. 2482). This report will discussefforts to implement Iraqi debt relief and highlight some policy concerns.

[发布日期] 2004-11-22 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Budgets;Debt relief - Iraq;Public debt - Iraq;International finance