Two-thirds of Haiti's total debt, or $1.2B, forgiven by financial …

billion in debt relief approved for HaitiMIAMI — Roughly two-thirds of Haiti’s total debt was cancelled Tuesday when three organizations that provide financial assistance to poor countries announced they’re forgiving $1.2 billion of …

Geary Behavioural Economics Blog: Household Debt Restructuring

Via the Irish Economy Blog, below is a recent paper from the IMF on government’s role in household debt restructuring. I commented on the IE Blog that the Irish case has a number of structural features that merit further discussion. …

Going Green to Get Out of Debt – The World Newser

ABC’s Jerika Richardson reports from New York: In an effort to help save some of the world’s disappearing tropical forests the United States is offering Indonesia some much needed debt relief. Today, the Indonesian government signed a …

US to reduce Indonesian debt by $30 million in exchange for forest …

US cuts Indonesian debt for forest protectionJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia committed to the conservation of its dwindling tropical forests in a multimillion dollar debt-swap deal signed Tuesday with the American government, …

Permira Is Said to Seek Revision of Valentino Debt – DealBook Blog …

Permira Is Said to Seek Revision of Valentino Debt. June 29, 2009, 6:54 am. European buyout shop Permira is in talks with lenders about renegotiating the debt being carried by Valentino, the luxury fashion house it owns, according to …