Ghana has made the list of countries that are eligible to receive assistance under the Highly Indebted Poor Country initiative by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The HIPC Initiative was launched in 1996 by the IMF and World Bank, with the aim of helping poor countries facing a debt burden manage their indebtedness.

Ghana was listed along with 36 countries that includes Afghanistan, Chad, Haiti among others.

Click this link to read the full IMF fact sheet.

According to the Washington-based lender, the listed countries may apply for the HIPC assistance if they wish to do so.

The full list of countries are published below:

Post-Completion-Point Countries (36)

Afghanistan       

Benin   

Bolivia  

Burkina Faso     

Burundi               

Cameroon          

Central African Republic               

Chad     

Comoros             

Côte d’Ivoire     

Democratic Republic of Congo  

Ethiopia               

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau  

Guyana São Tomé & Príncipe

Haiti      

Honduras           

Liberia  

Madagascar       

Malawi Uganda

Mali      

Mauritania

Mozambique

Nicaragua

Niger

Republic of Congo          

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

The Gambia       

Togo

Zambia

Pre-Decision-Point Countries (3)

Eritrea  

Somalia               

Sudan