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Paralyzing debt burden threatens Africa’s largest economy
Apart from a ‘badly flawed’ national election, insecurity, and mass exodus of its young talents to the Global North (locally known as Japa), a...
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Emerging public debt challenges in sub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan Africa (SSA)’s public debt burden remains a challenge to development. Key drivers of public debt include large-scale financing of infrastructure development, adverse impact of multiple shocks including COVID-19 pandemic, maturity...
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Four things to consider to improve public revenues in the Global South: New findings from the Government Revenue DatasetAcross the Global South, governments continue efforts to increase domestic revenues and capacity for public spending. As concerns over debt distress...
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Public debt sustainability and debt dynamicsRising public debt in sub-Saharan Africa remains a matter of concern. We provide an analysis of public debt and debt sustainability in Tanzania, focusing on external debt. Though current and previous analyses using the IMF-World Bank debt...
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Climate resilience and sustainable sovereign debt
2022 is already a record-breaker in the number of climate change-related events, and developing countries must now pay for the repairs and remediation...
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