This is especially important for Indonesia, which must service a debt of $132 billion (of which $70 billion is owed to public creditors or guaranteed by government agencies). Even without the tsunami, this debt burden would have been an enormous hindrance to the country’s development as it finally recovers from the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis.
另一方面，西方七国在提供救灾援助方面做出了不少贡献。这对印度尼西亚尤为重要，因为它要偿还1320亿美元的债务（其中700亿美元的债主是公众债券人或有政府机构的担保）。即便没有这次海啸，这样的债务负担也足以影响该国的发展，影响它从1997年金融危机当中的恢复。