Debt relief may take the form of either refinancing, re-organisation, rescheduling or cancellation of all repayments A loan is refinanced when the creditor country makes a new loan to enable the debtor country to meet the debt service payments on an earlier loan A loan is rescheduled when the amortisation or interest payments or both on the outstanding portion are rearranged to make payment easier See also Paris Club and Retrospective Terms Adjustment