<< The make-up of the current government has fuelled accusations that the
junta wants to sneak
Ouattara into power, but the PDCI and the socialist opposition have also
eschewed the new regime despite overtures to all parties.
The national assembly in mid-December voted to spend nearly 40 percent of
the national budget on foreign debt repayments, but that was before the
government was overthrown by the junta on Christmas Eve.
The IMF and the World Bank cut off aid payments to Cote d'Ivoire nearly a
year ago, citing irregularities in the management of public finances. The
European Union halted its payments in December 1998.
Last year, Abidjan collected only 10 percent of the total aid it was
expecting.
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