Introduction Debt, Debt Relief and the Poorest: Small Steps in a Long Journey; Introduction L’endettement et l’allégement de la dette des pays les plus pauvres: de petits progrès dans un long cheminement; Debt of the Poorest Countries: Anatomy of a Crisis Kept on Hold; The HIPC Initiative in Bolivia; Ethiopia’s External Debt: The Impact and the Way Forward *; Nicaragua and the HIPC Initiative: The Tortuous Journey to Debt Relief; L’endettement des pays les plus pauvres: le cas du Mali; Uganda’s External Debt and the HIPC Initiative; The Enhanced HIPC Initiative and Poor Countries: Prospects for a Permanent Exit