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Rating agencies shape the policy space for pursuing development goals. Yet they remain private firms, operating under commercial incentives.
Finance ministers should stay away from debt negotiations because their interests are more short term.
African countries are being driven into a debt dependency cycle. Three major factors are at play.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
Many African countries face a triple set of dilemmas that are not easy to navigate.
Debt forgiveness isn’t the answer. History is replete with examples of countries that are serial defaulters.
With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
African countries are essentially placed in the position of a supplicant appealing to the kindness of creditors.
African countries have few options for responding to the strong dollar. And most are challenging.
COVID is only one factor contributing to the difficult debt situation in the region.
The World Bank board operates on the basis of reaching decisions by consensus. This means that any executive director must earn the respect of their colleagues to affect change.
Low-income countries that sought to spend more on health care during the pandemic have been hit with ratings downgrades, while others avoided borrowing entirely.
A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa.
A significant change in political mentality is required to shore up one of Africa’s leading lights.
Individual relationships between China and particular African countries differ a great deal.
In coming years, Uganda’s GDP growth is set to accelerate as recent and ongoing public investments begin to yield returns.
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