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22 May 23
The Ukraine war is set to push up global borrowing despite more expensive costs, the OECD has said.
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15 May 23
Ratings agency Moody’s has warned Kenya’s domestic funding conditions have deteriorated.
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5 Apr 23
Political instability could put reforms key to Pakistan’s recovery from Covid-19 and recent floods at risk, economists at the World Bank have warned.
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7 Mar 23
Rising service demand has been tipped to keep local and regional government borrowing high in the coming years compared with historical trends, despite it having fallen since the immediate aftermath...
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18 May 22
The economic slowdown caused by strict Covid-19 restrictions in China could lead to a widening of local and regional government deficits this year, according to ratings agency S&P.
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28 Mar 22
Colombia has agreed to borrow $830m to help fund education services and improve social mobility, including employment opportunities across the country, as the nation emerges from Covid-19.
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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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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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27 Aug 21
The Nigerian government spent more than 90% of its revenues in the first half of this year on servicing debts, according to the nation’s budget office.
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25 Aug 21
A worldwide rebound in oil prices, and a new International Monetary Fund programme contributed to a credit rating upgrade for Gabon, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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14 Mar 17
Poorer countries spent more on debt repayments in 2016 than at any time in the last decade, according to figures published by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
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23 Feb 17
Ratings agency Fitch has warned of the risk posed by China’s high local public debt issued through a back door route.
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5 Oct 16
Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari is planning to outdo his government’s record 2016 spending next year, according to budget proposals sent to the country’s parliament for approval.
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26 Sep 16
Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 tax-cheating firms and expects to identify 10 million non-tax paying individuals and make them pay up by December, the country’s tax chief has said.
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8 Sep 16
The Nigerian government hopes to tackle the country’s first recession in more than 20 years by promoting the agriculture and solid minerals sectors in order to diversify the economy.
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28 Apr 16
Local governments’ recourse to capital markets is on the rise, fuelled by growing issuances in China, Fitch Ratings has found.
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19 Apr 16
The European Commission is not strict enough in enforcing rules intended to keep the bloc’s public finances in order, the European Court of Auditors has found.
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15 Feb 16
The fall in local and regional government (LRG) borrowing across Europe is likely to end in 2016 as the growing refinancing needs of some offsets declines elsewhere, according to analysis by credit...
22 May 23The Ukraine war is set to push up global borrowing despite more expensive costs, the OECD has said.
15 May 23Ratings agency Moody’s has warned Kenya’s domestic funding conditions have deteriorated.
5 Apr 23Political instability could put reforms key to Pakistan’s recovery from Covid-19 and recent floods at risk, economists at the World Bank have warned.
7 Mar 23Rising service demand has been tipped to keep local and regional government borrowing high in the coming years compared with historical trends, despite it having fallen since the immediate aftermath...
18 May 22The economic slowdown caused by strict Covid-19 restrictions in China could lead to a widening of local and regional government deficits this year, according to ratings agency S&P.
28 Mar 22Colombia has agreed to borrow $830m to help fund education services and improve social mobility, including employment opportunities across the country, as the nation emerges from Covid-19.
27 Aug 21The Nigerian government spent more than 90% of its revenues in the first half of this year on servicing debts, according to the nation’s budget office.
25 Aug 21A worldwide rebound in oil prices, and a new International Monetary Fund programme contributed to a credit rating upgrade for Gabon, according to ratings agency Fitch.
14 Mar 17Poorer countries spent more on debt repayments in 2016 than at any time in the last decade, according to figures published by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
23 Feb 17Ratings agency Fitch has warned of the risk posed by China’s high local public debt issued through a back door route.
5 Oct 16Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari is planning to outdo his government’s record 2016 spending next year, according to budget proposals sent to the country’s parliament for approval.
26 Sep 16Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 tax-cheating firms and expects to identify 10 million non-tax paying individuals and make them pay up by December, the country’s tax chief has said.
28 Apr 16Local governments’ recourse to capital markets is on the rise, fuelled by growing issuances in China, Fitch Ratings has found.
19 Apr 16The European Commission is not strict enough in enforcing rules intended to keep the bloc’s public finances in order, the European Court of Auditors has found.
15 Feb 16The fall in local and regional government (LRG) borrowing across Europe is likely to end in 2016 as the growing refinancing needs of some offsets declines elsewhere, according to analysis by credit...
