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Countries could be prevented from taking on crippling debt / having public financial mismanagement

By Hicbd
Sun Jul 10 2022 9:06 am

"Over the last five years a worrisome number of low-income countries have racked up so much debt they are now at high risk of being unable to pay it back — with potentially devastating consequences not just for their economies but for their citizens, many of whom are already living in extreme poverty...And in recent years a whole new class of lenders emerged to offer up easy credit — most notably the government of China and various associated Chinese banks and development agencies."

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https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/20/604169277/a-debt-crisis-seems-to-have-come-out-of-nowhere
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/asia/sri-lanka-rajapaska-hambantota.html
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/070115/understanding-downfall-greeces-economy.asp

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