1.   Eight countries that have received debt relief are still paying more on their debts than on health and education.

2.   He also wants debt relief linked to reform of the International Monetary Fund.

3.   However, the authorities can provide the debt relief badly needed to stabilise the economy by nationalising the banks.

4.   International debt relief is at last getting serious attention, but personal debt continues to be a festering problem.

5.   Moreover, whether or not conditions are attached to debt relief, they will certainly be attached to other forms of aid.

6.   So far their progress on debt relief has been agonisingly slow.

7.   The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.

8.   The solution has been to concentrate a lot of the debt relief in the near term.

9.   These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.

10.   Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.