UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is asking the G20 finance ministers meeting in Bengaluru to take bold steps to reform the international development banks and find ways to solve the debt crisis
The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.
The country of 22 million people has requested loans from the IMF as it struggles to pay for imports amid crushing debt and a sharp drop in foreign exchange reserves that has fueled soaring inflation
As interest rates rise, the debt pressures are mounting on developing countries, and we need to move urgently towards solutions, World Bank President David Malpass said
As the pandemic battered global economies, the Group of 20 leading economies launched measures, including a temporary debt service suspension for poor countries to provide breathing room
Now the China Evergrande Group founder's property empire is teetering on the edge of default - and his personal fortune has landed squarely in the Chinese government's crosshairs