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The 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC concluded with disappointment among African leaders that the institutions have no interest in reforming their lending model to help countries in dire straits. 

According to the UK based firm, it will assign Ghana's Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (LTLC)) based on a forward-looking assessment of its willingness and capacity to honour its local currency debt.

Massive exposure of some African economies to Chinese-owned debt is making it difficult for Beijing to sustain official narratives that suggest (...)

This is by using the standard 5% discount rates that applies in the International Monetary Fund/World Bank debt sustainability framework for low-income countries.

The government has increased taxes and imposed losses on domestic investors, as authorities attempt to meet IMF demands for the $3 billion loan. Still, informal talks with bilateral lenders have dragged on.

On April 13, during the 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WB), we

Malpass President Breaking the Impasse on Global Debt Restructurings Conference

Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ghanas Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to restricted default (RD) from CCC due

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill is calling for new approaches to address the mounting debt crisis facing many countries, including steps to factor domestic borrowing into assessment of a country's debt sustainability. | Apr. 25

World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill is calling for new approaches to address the mounting debt crisis facing many countries, including steps to factor domestic borrowing into assessment of a