Debt Build-up in Frontier Low-Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) since 2012 : Global or Country-specific Factors and Way Forward? /

This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ratios, a composition shift toward higher non-concessional debt, and a rise in interest r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Soyres, Constance
Other Authors: Rogantini Picco, Anna, Sab, Randa
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/037
Online Access:Full text available on IMF