Global Development Finance 2008, Volume II: Summary and Country Tables (GDF) is the sole repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries on a loan-by-loan basis. This edition of GDF presents reported or estimated data on the total external debt of all low-and middle-income countries in both electronic and print formats. Data are shown for 134 individual countries that report tothe World Bank's Debtor reporting System (DRS). These countries report to the DRS under Operational Policy 14.10 mandate of the World Bank. Global Development Finance 2008, Volume I contains analytical part of the data. 
Categories on the left offer you access to the About Data portion of the GDF print edition, including sources and definitions. Summary tables and regional and income group aggregate tables display some additional information above what is presented in the current print GDF. Little Data Book on External Debt 2008 is a pocket version of the GDF. It provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the DRS. It contains statistical tables for 134 countries as well as summary tables for regional and income groups. Tables and charts throughout the website provide selected data from GDF's electronic database via Development Database Platform of the World Bank. Country selection in charts and tables displays top ten countries based on size of external debt at end-2006 | Published by the World Bank in June 2008 Debt maturity distribution of debt Order now: GDF 2008 print edition GDF Online GDF CD-ROM Little Book on External Debt |
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