Global: Evaluation echoes CSO critique of IFI's debt relief efforts

An evaluation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) released in April begs the question: What next for debt relief efforts? The evaluation builds on a 2003 evaluation of HIPC, but stops short of assessing the meaning of the new Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. The evaluation fails to offer any advice on how to speed up or broaden HIPC coverage.