9 earthquake on December 26, triggering the largest global aid effort in five decades. The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations last week agreed to allow countries affected by the tsunami, including Indonesia and Sri Lanka, to suspend debt repayments until the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have assessed the situation there. Indonesia owes more than 3 billion dollars this year to Paris Club nations. The two-day conference comes before a meeting of 30 lenders called the Consultative Group on Indonesia, which starts in Jakarta on January 19. The group pledged 2.84 billion dollars in aid to Indonesia last year.
