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12 Apr 22
The Sri Lankan government has suspended repayments on external loans, as it works with the International Monetary Fund to develop a debt restructuring plan.
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1 Mar 22
Chad is receiving support from the United Nations to help train officers and install new debt management software, in a bid to improve public finances.
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22 Feb 22
The Sri Lankan government says it is open to discussions with the International Monetary Fund and other lenders for assistance, as it faces its worst economic crisis in years.
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21 Feb 22
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have failed to reach an agreement on making changes to their debt restructuring framework that had been proposed by the International Monetary Fund...
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17 Feb 22
Low-income and developing countries must be more transparent on the level and type of loans they owe, to help with debt restructuring, according to the World Bank Group.
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11 Feb 22
The International Monetary Fund wants G20 finance leaders to strengthen their debt restructuring framework to better help crisis-hit countries out of default.
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4 Feb 22
Nations and financial institutions need to reach a consensus on greater levels of transparency in lending, to give emerging economies greater access to debt, according to an influential think tank.
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3 Feb 22
Global growth forecasts for 2022 have been revised down amid elevated inflation and the economic risk of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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28 Jan 22
Honduras must restructure its debts if it is to afford servicing costs, according to new Honduras president Xiomara Castro at her swearing-in ceremony, but a minister has since taken a more moderate...
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6 Dec 21
Emerging nations seeking to restructure domestic debt will need to carefully consider the impact on their economies, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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14 Oct 21
The G20 must “urgently” compel private sector lenders to commit to restructuring deals for the debts of crisis-hit countries, according to a debt campaigning organisation.
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21 Sep 21
A group of Lebanon’s international creditors has called for the new government to begin the debt restructuring process swiftly and to start talks with the International Monetary Fund.
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20 Sep 21
Argentina's leader Alberto Fernandez has called for unity in the South American country, as it attempts to recover from a financial crisis exacerbated by Covid-19.
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8 Sep 21
Private creditors must be involved in Chad’s debt restructuring if the government is to avoid cutting services to meet interest payments, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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23 Jun 21
Argentina has reached an agreement with debtors to defer the majority of a $2.4bn loan repayment for nine months to avoid another default.
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25 May 21
Restructuring Lebanon’s public debt could set off an economic “doom loop” with serious consequences for the Lebanese banks that hold the assets, a ratings agency has warned.
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18 May 21
Slow progress on a debt treatment deal has led to Ethiopia’s credit rating being downgraded as private sector lenders look increasingly likely to lose money.
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11 Oct 19
The Jubilee Debt Campaign has accused the IMF of acting against its own policies and incentivising reckless lending.
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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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26 May 17
Fitch Ratings has warned that a plan for Azerbaijan’s government to take on $2.3bn in debt from an ailing state-owned bank would increase public dues without alleviating uncertainty.
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17 May 17
How the small island territory of Puerto Rico found itself at the centre of the US’s biggest ever public bankruptcy process, and why this might not be enough to solve the island’s problems for good
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21 Nov 16
Debt-laden Puerto Rico has been advised on what is set to be the biggest debt restructuring in the municipal bond market, and told it will no longer be able to rely on the US for support.
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15 Nov 16
The Greek economy has clawed its way out of recession for the first time in two years, registering two consecutive quarters of growth.
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9 Nov 16
Disgruntled Mozambique bondholders have formed a creditors' committee to prepare for an expected default and resist the government’s efforts to restructure its debt.
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31 Oct 16
Mozambique’s bondholders have told the country its hopes to renegotiate its debts by the end of the year are “unrealistic”, according to the Financial Times.