External debt

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• How to Ease Rising External Debt-Service Pressures in Low-Income Countries
  • Published: January 24, 2024
  • Authors: Allison Holland, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
  • Summary: Debt servicing costs are increasing rapidly while annual refinancing needs have tripled to about $60 billion
• Riding the Global Debt Rollercoaster
  • Published: December 12, 2022
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Paulo Medas, Roberto Perrelli
  • Summary: The weaker growth outlook and tighter monetary policy call for prudence in managing debt and conducting fiscal policy
• Dangerous Global Debt Burden Requires Decisive Cooperation
  • Published: April 11, 2022
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
  • Summary: With elevated risks to sovereign debt, a global cooperative approach is necessary to reach an orderly resolution of debt problems and prevent defaults.
• Restructuring Debt of Poorer Nations Requires More Efficient Coordination
  • Published: April 7, 2022
  • Authors: Guillaume Chabert, Martin Cerisola, Dalia Hakura
  • Summary: An improved common framework for debt treatment could clear a path through an increasingly complex creditor landscape.
• Global Debt Reaches a Record $226 Trillion
  • Published: December 15, 2021
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Paulo Medas, Roberto Perrelli
  • Summary: Policymakers must strike the right balance in the face of high debt and rising inflation.
• The G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments Must Be Stepped Up
  • Published: December 2, 2021
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
  • Summary: With the debt service suspension initiative expiring and interest rates poised to rise, low-income countries will find it increasingly difficult to service their debts.
• Sovereign Domestic Debt Restructuring: Handle with Care
  • Published: December 1, 2021
  • Authors: Peter Breuer, Anna Ilyina, Hoang Pham
  • Summary: Restructuring domestic debt is like surgery: You only do it if you must, and you avoid it if it might do more harm than good.
• A Shot in the Arm—How Special Drawing Rights Can Help Struggling Countries
  • Published: August 26, 2021
  • Authors: The Editors
• Implementing the IMF-supported programme
  • Published: July 5, 2019
  • Authors: Jihad Azour
• New Data on Global Debt
  • Published: January 2, 2019
  • Authors: Samba Mbaye, Marialuz Moreno Badia
• The Debt Challenge to African Growth
  • Published: May 23, 2018
  • Authors: Abebe Aemro Selassie
• Bringing Down High Debt
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Laura Jaramillo
• The Change in Demand for Debt: The New Landscape in Low-income Countries
  • Published: February 17, 2016
  • Authors: Min Zhu, Andrea F. Presbitero

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