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Leaders of several global financial bodies warned that rising interest rates are increasing pressure on low-income developing countries.

12:00–13:00: Panel discussion 4: Fostering debt sustainability by addressing gaps in the sovereign debt architecture. This session held on the 18th of April 2023, during the United Nations Economic and Social Council- Forum on Financing for Development (UN ECOSOC- FfD) explored reforms to the sovereign debt architecture to close longstanding gaps, and immediate steps that

Tuesday’s agenda was loaded with debt debates, and it became clear that the positions on how to deal with the crisis are – to put it mildly – diverse. Some even go as far as denying that there is a debt crisis, while others put all the blame on Global South countries’ “irresponsible” borrowing. But

The Comesa market in Zambia's capital Lusaka appears to be bustling, but traders say business is suffering as a weak local currency pushes up prices, adding to the hardships of a population already struggling with soaring living costs.

The Comesa market in Zambias capital Lusaka appears to be bustling, but traders say business is suffering as a weak local currency pushes up prices, adding to the hardships of a population already

LUSAKA (Reuters) - The Comesa market in Zambia's capital Lusaka appears to be bustling, but traders say business is suffering as a weak local currency pushes up prices, adding to the hardships of a population already struggling with soaring living costs. | 03:10am

On Monday, April 10, the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution convened a fireside chat with U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Jay Shambaugh to discuss the state of the global economy.

<p><span>Mr. Olavo Correia, Cabo Verde’s</span><span> </span><span>Vice Prime </span><span></span><span>Minister and Minister of Finance and Chair of the African Caucus and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement at the conclusion of the African Consultative Group </span><span>meeting:</span></p>

The road to resolution is for everyone to share the pain now instead of waiting for others to step up to give debt relief.

This assertion was made over the weekend by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo SAN, in a lecture he delivered virtually to the 2023 Africana Conference of the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA, entitled: “Africa 2050: Making Growth Work.”