HIPC-landenes gæld er steget fra 147 milliarder dollars i 1989 til 214 milliarder dollars i 2001. Som det er i dag, er 41 af verdens fattigste lande på fallittens rand, og 300 ud af 600 borgere i HIPC-landene lever for 1 dollar om dagen.
Here are some figures: the debt of the HIPCs increased from USD 147 billion in 1989 to USD 214 billion in 2001; at present, 41 of the world's poorest countries are in a situation of bankruptcy and 300 out of every 600 HIPC citizens survive on less than a dollar per day.