... countries, an “enhanced” HIPC initiative was introduced in1999 to provide deeper, broader and quicker debt relief. According to the criterion for eligi-bility in the enhanced HIPC Initiative, ... need for debt rene-gotiation, the HIPC Initiative used similar variables to determine debt sustainability.7By mid-April 2005, 27 countries had received debt relief, with 18 countries hav-ing ... debt-relief proposalsThe deficiencies identified in the HIPC Initiative have spawned a wide range of proposals for augmented debt relief. In line with its objective to front-load the aid resources...