WASHINGTON, December 3, 2025—Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest gap ...

This was revealed in the institution’s recently published 2023 Global Debt Monitor report, titled "Global Debt Is Returning to its Rising Trend," which provides insights into the state of global debt.

Amid rising domestic sovereign debt overhang in some emerging and developing economies (EMDEs), this paper underscores the importance of effective domestic sovereign debt restructuring (DDR) ...

After years of disciplined reform and painful sacrifice, Jamaica had done what few global debt specialists thought possible. Through tough and sometimes controversial spending cuts and fiscal ...

(Reuters) -Lower-income countries' external debt payments to private lenders remain three times higher than payments to China, research shows, shedding light on the complex, costly web of creditors ...

The gap between external debt repayments and new financing in developing countries widened to $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the largest in at least 50 years, according to the World Bank. Debt ...

Debt trap diplomacy poses significant risks for developing nations, as seen in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. This article explores ...

Geneva [Switzerland]: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday highlighted debt as a major barrier to development for countries worldwide while launching the Sevilla Forum on Debt.

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Group of 20 major economies, led this year by South Africa, said on Thursday the risk of a systemic debt crisis appears to be broadly contained, but many vulnerable ...

University of Pretoria provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Many African countries are already struggling with heavy debt burdens. Climate change is making this worse. Africa ...

Private lenders receive three times more debt payments than China from 2020-2025 Multilateral repayments to rise sharply by 2025, Debt Justice says Debt Justice UK research highlights private lenders' ...