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Dec 18, 2023 // The debt crisis in low-income countries continues to fester. Meanwhile, the international policy community seems to be losing traction on the problem. Can it recover its grip, or has a developing-country debt disaster become inevitable?

An end of year review: today we say goodbye to 2023, and look forward to 2024 more in hope than expectation.

Ethiopia's government told bondholders on Thursday it was hoping to negotiate a rework of its single international bond quickly and was set to include a form of "loss reinstatement" provision for investors, three sources told Reuters.

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With the US Fed raising interest rates, the world economy is slowing as debt distress spreads across the global South, increasing poverty worldwide to pre-pandemic levels, with the poorest countries f

LONDON, Dec 12 - Ethiopia careened toward default this week, the latest emerging economy struggling with debt amid high global interest rates, investor... -December 12, 2023 at 12:17 pm EST - MarketScreener

While the world leaders meet on the sidelines of the COP 28 summit to agree on a climate action plan, developing...

BOGOTÁ — The global economic agenda has been packed in 2023. There was the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in July, dedicated to monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The second SDG Summit was held in September, as was the G20 summitin New Delhi, followed in October by the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary

BOGOTÁ — The global economic agenda has been packed in 2023. There was the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in July, dedicated to monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The second SDG Summit was held in September, as was the G20 summitin New Delhi, followed in October by the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary

G20 governments must acknowledge that debt overhang worsens the climate crisis.