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BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesTHIRD WORLD LOANSHow to Spell Debt Relief
The rhetoric from the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank last week was unequivocal. Declaring debt relief for the Third
World to be a "matter of urgency," the two agencies put their
support behind the plan proposed last month by U.S. Treasury
Secretary Nicholas Brady. His program calls for a gradual reduction
in the $350 billion owed to commercial banks by the 15 largest
borrowers.
Under the relief plan, borrowers could exchange current loans
for new ones that would be smaller in principal or would pay lower
interest rates. To give bankers an incentive to accept such
arrangements, the IMF and the World Bank are debating whether to
provide partial guarantees for some of the borrowers' interest
payments.