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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 July 2023

According to a debt sustainability analysis published by the IMF in May, Laos is in debt distress. Years of rapid growth in borrowing to fund infrastructure development…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 June 2023

Sri Lanka must attend to debt restructuring as part of its four-year, USD3bn bailout programme with the Fund. The Fund’s Executive Board approved the bailout in March, roughly ten…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 October 2022

The restructuring creates more fiscal space for President Guillermo Lasso as he attempts to bolster popular support, fend off political opposition and drive through liberal…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 April 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Sri Lanka's debt situation.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 July 2020

President Edgar Lungu and his Patriotic Front (PF) government are increasingly struggling to mobilise resources to meet repayments amid continued high public spending. Meanwhile…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 August 2019

Amid escalating external debt, President Edgar Lungu’s administration recently directed the liquidation of KCM, majority-owned by Vedanta, and is suspected to want to sell these…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 April 2019

Zambian debt crises.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 March 2018

Zambian authoritarianism.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 November 2019

Prospects for the emerging economies in 2020.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 November 2020

It is relying on China -- a fellow one party, Marxist-Leninist state -- to help ease its woes. Meanwhile, the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is preparing for its…

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