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Needed: a Bold Programme to Address the Debt Problem

As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank spring meeting, they are confronted with the daunting prospect that 2023 might be the year that the world will be hit by a developing country debt crisis much like that which took place in the early 1980’s that led to the infamous lost decade in Latin America and Africa. A number of defaults on debt repayments over the last three years have served as the alarm bells for a possibly even bigger implosion.

Read the article by Walden Bello

The global South Debt Disaster

The Global South is enduring its worst debt crisis in decades. Unless there is immediate relief, any progress made on tackling extreme poverty risks being wiped out.

Read the paper by Grace Blakeley

A Global Debt Explosion

An overview of different articles on the current situation in the South, different eminent authors:

Project Syndicate

It is time to give indebted countries a new start

We may disagree with some arguments in this OECD/Development matters article, but yes, the debt problem needs an urgent solution! And poor countries do indeed need a new start!

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