World Debt
Court grants police custody of Imran Khan for 10 days in May 9 riot cases
The unrest erupted nationwide last year after Imran Khan was detained by paramilitary Rangers from the Islamabad High Court during a corruption case proceeding.
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Statsguru: G20 puts the rising debt burden of poorer countries in focus
The World Bank noted in December 2022 that the poorest countries saw their debt treble to $1 trillion over the decade ending 2021
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Developing world may need to find $2.5 trn over 5 yrs to meet debt costs
A greater proportion of poorer-country debt is now owed to commercial lenders, which offer shorter maturities, and capital markets have largely closed to many governments
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Why a historic cascade of defaults is coming for developing countries
Sri Lanka was the first nation to stop paying its foreign bondholders this year, burdened by unwieldy food and fuel costs that stoked protests and political chaos
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World's $281 trillion debt pile set to rise again in 2021, says IIF
In emerging markets, South Africa and India had the biggest increases in government debt ratios last year
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Record $164-trn global debt clouds IMF's otherwise upbeat economic outlook
Surging private-sector debt, particularly in China, is driving the build-up
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