The proportion of households using electricity as the main source of energy increased significantly from nearly 58 per cent to 80 percent between 1996 and 2007. Access to piped water rose from 84,5 per cent in 1996 to 88,6 per cent of households in 2007. 13 Very commendable.
What we chiefly need, in my view, is more, and more up-to-date, data on countries’ foreign currency debt. This is a challenge addressed to borrowers and lenders alike. BIS Review 42/1998  -5-  The IMF should endeavour to obtain more, and above all better, data especially from the debtor countries.