debt

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Thoughts

A fork in the road for development financing

A majority of developing countries are facing debt distress, and their financing problems are sure to grow worse as global financial conditions continue to tighten. The moment is quickly...

Opposition supporters march during a protest against inflation, political destabilization, and fuel price hikes in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on July 2. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Analysis

Pakistan is drowning in debt

A watchman steps out of a Yes Bank branch in Mumbai, India, September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas - RC1B6E235890
South Asia

Cerberus, JC Flowers put Indian bad debt on map

Smoke rises after shelling during Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
Global Economy

Ukraine pushes for debt freeze to dodge hard default

South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes are seen on US 100 dollar notes in this picture illustration taken in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2015/ Reuters
Global Economy

The big default? The dozen countries in the danger zone

Plastic letters arranged to read "Sanctions" are placed in front of Russian flag colors in this illustration taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

Sanctions on Russia's debt entangle default insurance payouts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Global Economy

Global corporate debt to drop amid higher funding costs, study finds

A Chinese flag flutters outside the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing, China February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Global Economy

China casts giant shadow over emerging nations' chase for debt relief

Pay debt or feed people is hungry nations’ impossible choice
Analysis

Pay debt or feed people is hungry nations’ impossible choice

People are given packets of biscuits from a free distributor, while waiting in line to buy kerosene near a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 7, 2022. Reuters.
Sri Lanka Crisis

G7 backs debt relief efforts for Sri Lanka - draft communique

File photo of Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. Picture: CPD
Economy

Nearly $25.45b govt debt kept out of calculation: Debapriya

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Panorama

Foreign loans: ‘If our repayment capacity doesn’t increase, we will get in trouble with the interests’

General view of a protest area, dubbed the Gota-Go village, where people are gathering in opposition to Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the Presidential Secretariat is seen, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 11, 2022. Picture taken April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Global Economy

Complex web of creditors, politics threatens Sri Lanka restructuring