SP500207
NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1)
The QA System
chapter
J. Driscoll
J. Lautenschlager
M. Zhao
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Donna K. Harman
<top> Stems Stems
<head> Tipster Topic Description
<num> Number: 004
<dom> Domain: International Finance
<top> Topic: Debt Rescheduling
<dese> Description: Document wrn discuss a current debt
rescheduling agreement between a developing country and
one or more of its creditor(s).
<narr> Narrative:
A relevant document wrn discuss a current debt rescheduling
agreement reached, proposed, or being negotiated between a
debtor developing country and one or more of its creditors,
commercial and/or official. It wrn identify the debtor country
and the creditor(s), the repayment time period requested or
granted, the monetary amount requested or covered by the
accord, and the interest rate, proposed or set.
<con> Concept(s):
1. rescheduling agreement, accord, settlement, pact
2. bank debt, commercial debt, foreign debt, trade debt,
medium-term debt, long-term debt
3. negotiations, debt talks
4. creditor banks, creditor countries/governments, Paris Club
5. debtor countries, developing countries
6. debt package
7. debt repayments
8. restructuring, rescheduling existing loans
9. lower interest-rate margin, easier terms, more lenient terms
<fac> Factor(s):
<nat> Nationality: Developing country
<time> Time: Current
</fac>
<def> Definition(s):
Debt Rescheduling - agreement between creditors and debtor
to provide debt relief by alterihg the original payment terms
of an existing debt. This is most often accomplished by
lengthening the original schedule for principal and interest
payments, and deferring interest payments. Done most
publicly by developing countries and their bankers, but often
less publicly by other willing creditors and debtors, e.g.,
governments, banks and companies. Much in vogue in the
early 19805, the road to rescheduling for countries in crisis
runs as follows: when a country borrows so much that its
lenders grow nervous, the banks start lending for shorter and
shorter maturities. Eventually the country, though still paying
interest on its debt, is unable to make payments on the
principal. The country is then forced to requestarescheduling,
which means that it is able to escape its immediate repayment
commitments by converting short-term loans into longer-term
ones. A country wishing to reschedule its official debt tal
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Figure3. Topic004. Figure 4. Automatically Generated Query for Topic 004.
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