This annual report provides detailed information on the amount and composition of the external debt of each of 173 countries and territories at the end of 1999, with corresponding revised figures for 1998. In addition, estimates are provided of the amortization payments due by each country on long-term debt in 2000. These data are reported to the OECD by Member countries' governments and credit institutions, and the main international organizations. It is E xternal Debt Statistics ' indispensable companion volume. MicrosoftTM Excel format.
Detailed documentation is included in AcrobatTM format for each database.
It describes the still largely informal trade in the region, analysing constraints to its growth and some possible future developments. Prospects for Trade between Nigeria and its Neighbours has formed the basis of a workshop organised by the Club du Sahel and the West African Enterprise Network for English and French entrepreneurs in December 2000 in Cotonou, Benin.