传统上，低收入国家的债权人是富裕国家政府和多边机构，如果索债意味着借款国必须削减教育和卫生等关键公共服务，就会饱受政治压力。
Traditionally, low-income countries’ creditors were rich-world governments and multilateral organizations that found it politically unfeasible to call in debts if this meant that borrowers had to cut vital public services such as education or health.