1. Choose 2 possible indicators (i.e. debt-service ratio, debt-stock ratio, short-term debt stocks ratio, commercial bank debt stocks ratio) and address which 3 countries had the worst debt problem in 1980 and why?

2. Using the same indicators, which 3 countries had the worst debt problem in 1985 and why?

3. Using the same indicators, which 3 countries had the worst debt problem in 1990 and why?

4. What is 1 country that seems to have improved, and another worsened, over the decade?

FOREIGN DEBT INDICATORS OF LAC COUNTRIES 1980 to 1990 Debt Stocks Commercial Bank Short-term Debt Total Debt Service Exports G&S GDP/GNI Country 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 Argent 27151.1 6064.6 10383.4 4178.3 9897 209036.5 Bolivia 2702.4 603.2 302.5 365.5 1030.1 4537.5 Brazil 70565 24329.2 13539.5 12986 21869 237388.5 Chile 12081.3 2420.4 2560 2705.6 5968 26679.5 Colomiba 6940.5 1371 2337 951.1 5328 38901 CostaRica 2744.1 711.9 575.4 354.4 1195.1 6076.4 Ecuador 5996.9 1697.1 1575 1008.2 2887 11733.5 ElSalva 911.1 7.9 220 95.8 1214.2 3574 Guatem 1179.9 14.2 335 144.9 1731 7879.4 Honduras 1472.5 204.9 272.2 207.4 941.6 2566 Haiti 302.4 7.6 14 25.7 305.7 Mexico 57364.7 25636.6 16163 10957.7 22622 223503.9 Nicarag 2190 746.3 472.2 114.7 494.8 1410.1 Panama 2974.5 1161 680.6 487.8 3421.7 3810.3 Peru 9385.9 1694.1 2084 2150.7 4631 20659.1 Paraguay 954.5 105.2 174.2 145.3 564.3 4448.1 Uruguay 1659.8 501.9 322 230.1 1526 9606.1 Venezuel 29344.4 8158.9 15549.6 299.2 19968 69777.5