See indebtedness. When international lenders from a more economically developed country (MEDC) who are owed money by a the government of a less economically developed country (LEDC),usually from loans taken out by corrupt governments in the past, forgive the debt they are owed. Allows for the limited tax revenues collected by the developing country’s government to be used to provide public goods and services (such as infrastructure, education and health care) which contribute to the poor country’s economic development.
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