- Gabon's debt stock stands at $16.7 billion, or 69% of GDP, after an audit found it was almost a fifth lower than initially estimated.
- The lower debt figure gives Gabon a cleaner balance sheet as it seeks a new IMF program and addresses a backlog of unpaid obligations.
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“The findings put Gabon’s loans at 69% of gross domestic product, giving the central African nation a cleaner balance sheet as it seeks a new International Monetary Fund program and tries to tackle a backlog of unpaid obligations.”