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Drejtuesit e Fondit Monetar Ndërkombëtar janë takuar këtë javë për të diskutuar vënien në zbatim të një plani prej pesëdhjetë miliard dollarësh për faljen e borxheve të 20 vendeve më të varfëra të botës. Plani u aprovua në Skoci korrikun e kaluar. Mark Gregory njofton:

Dëgjo lajmin

The Reuters news agency claims to have seen a memo written by IMF officials. It recommends that debt relief should be withheld from six poor countries until they've done more to reform their economies. The nations affected are Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Rwanda and Senegal. The timing of the memo is crucial as the IMF board is about to decide the final form of a debt relief plan. This was agreed amid massive publicity at the G8 summit of the major industrial powers held at Gleneagles in Scotland last July.

The plan involves cancelling debts owed by 20 of the most impoverished nations to international agencies, including the World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank. A decision to exclude nearly a third of the countries on that initial list would be extremely controversial, as debt cancellation is a key element in much hyped plans to alleviate global poverty.

The IMF board, which is dominated by the governments of major aid donors, is expected to announce its decision after a meeting in Washington. The six countries likely to be denied debt cancellation maybe eligible once they take specified steps to tighten controls on government spending and deal with problems - as the IMF sees it - in the way they manage their economies.

Dëgjo fjalët

claims
pretendon

debt relief should be withheld
për momentin duhet ndërprerë ndihma

crucial
vendimtar/e, kritik/e jetësor/e

amid massive publicity
i shoqëruar më një publicitet masiv

impoverished nations
vende të varfëra

to exclude
përjashtoj

extremely controversial
jashtëzakonisht i debatueshëm

much hyped plans
plane që bënë bujë

major aid donors
donatorët më të mëdhenj të ndihmave

tighten controls on government spending
shtrëngoj kontrollin mbi shpenzimet qeveritare