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12 Aug 19
Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has said a future government led by his party would cut taxes, regardless of whether the EU tried to stop it.
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23 Jul 19
Lebanese veterans have clashed with security forces in protest against potential cuts to their benefits in the coalition government’s budget.
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27 Jun 19
A government commission has been launched into a $1.2bn loan borrowed by Papua New Guinea’s previous government after a damning report by a watchdog.
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25 Jun 19
Brussels has thrown Italy a lifeline in their protracted dispute over the country’s massive public debt.
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21 Jun 19
The sensitivity to shocks of investors in sovereign debt, especially in emerging markets, has grown since 2013 posing a risk of volatility when conditions turn bad.
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31 May 19
A cross-party group of UK MPs has called on the chancellor to seek an agreement for a ‘registry of loans’ to governments at this month’s G20 meeting.
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9 Apr 19
Sub-Saharan Africa struggled in 2018 to end four years of economic growth rates below the level at which its population expanded.
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4 Apr 19
Urgent action is being demanded to tackle a growing debt crisis among poor countries, whose foreign debt payments soared by 85% between 2010 and 2018.
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18 Feb 19
Saudi Arabia has promised investment deals worth $20bn with Pakistan to help boost its struggling economy.
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11 Feb 19
Governments need to focus on their debts with OECD research showing sovereign borrowing is to hit a record high in 2019, says the OECD's Fatos Koc.
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5 Feb 19
Italy’s economy tipped into recession at the end of last year and is likely to continue to shrink this year, according to official figures.
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29 Jan 19
Russia’s finance ministry has called upon Venezuela to make its next scheduled debt repayment to the country on time.
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29 Jan 19
Heavily indebted governments can act now to lessen the risks they face, argue IMF's Martin Mühleisen and Mark Flanagan.
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21 Jan 19
South Africa has confirmed it rejected a request to give Zimbabwe a $1.2bn emergency loan in December.
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16 Jan 19
Lebanon is exploring new ways to manage its public debt as part of wider public finance reform plans, it has been reported.
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3 Jan 19
Rising borrowing costs for developing countries should be tackled to avoid a “full-blown debt crisis”, campaigners have warned.
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19 Dec 18
The Italian government appears to have reached a compromise with Brussels following months of disagreements over its spending plans.
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30 Nov 18
Some form of relief scheme is needed for smaller states that have suffered natural disasters to get debt down to a sustainable level, suggests Jubilee Debt Campaign’s Tim Jones.
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29 Nov 18
Loan conditions imposed by the IMF are leaving countries struggling to pay for basic healthcare, according to a network of civil society organisations.
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22 Nov 18
Italy’s determination to maintain high spending plans mean it is “sleepwalking into instability”, the European Commission said as it cleared the path for sanctions.
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19 Nov 18
No developing country will fall into a ‘debt trap’ by working with Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry has said in response to US criticism.
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15 Nov 18
The Italian government has decided to go ahead with its controversial big spending plans, despite being told by Brussels to revise the draft budget.
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14 Nov 18
Borrowing by low and middle-income countries more than tripled in 2017 compared to the year before, World Bank statistics have revealed.
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12 Nov 18
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa need to better understand the contracts they sign with private lenders, a conference has heard.
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8 Nov 18
African countries can avoid debt distress if they ensure there is an ideal balance between revenues and expenditure, a former president of the African Development Bank has told a conference.