GUYANA  Debt treatment -      June 25, 1999

Supporting agreements with the international institutions

Programme with the IMF under the FRPC approved on July 15, 1998

Amounts treated

$240 million

Accorded treatment

Decision point reached on November 13, 2000

Categories of debt treated

Treatment of the stock as of May 23, 1999

Repayment profile

Treatment under Lyon terms (cancellation rate of 80%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 80%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

Specific provisions

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

Good will clause

Pullback clause

De minimis threshold of 1 000,000 SDR

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before January 7, 2000

Comparability of treatment provision

yes

Cut-off date

December 31, 1988

Organisation of the session

Have attended:

Participating creditors
  • CANADA
  • DENMARK
  • FRANCE
  • GERMANY
  • NETHERLANDS
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Observers
  • BRAZIL
  • JAPAN
  • IMF
  • OECD
  • UNCTAD
  • World Bank