But for many families the debt burden became too much.

The resources being made available, in other words, are not even enough to reduce the debt burden by 10 percent over three years.

The total debt burden of all developing countries comes to 350 billion.

Lower interest rates and/or higher growth would help reduce the debt burden further.

The debt burden for every man, woman, and child would be $32,000 higher after 32 years because of privatization.

The severity of the debt burden may not yet be known.

And a huge debt burden has left the Government with little money to create jobs or provide a social safety net.

And the debt burden will be even heavier next year - at least £44 billion.

Others want to know if we did enough about the long-term problem of a rising debt burden.

What is the Council doing to tackle the debt burden of poor countries?