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Sovereign debt markets are beginning to develop a way to manage shocks before they escalate into full restructuring episodes.
The flaws in Standard & Poor’s Global’s report could influence investor perceptions and reinforce existing biases against Africa.
South Africa needs to use its G20 presidency to press for reforms that could reduce Africa’s borrowing costs and strengthen its financial sovereignty.
Credit rating agencies are now responding to governance failures, not just macroeconomic trends.
The International Court of Justice case on climate change has implications for countries negotiating debt deals.
The actions of Ghana and Zambia set a dangerous precedent by sidelining African financial institutions.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
The current approach to debt restructuring has failed Zambia.
African countries are essentially placed in the position of a supplicant appealing to the kindness of creditors.
Experts discuss the implications of Russia’s recent debt default for the global financial markets and Russia’s reputation
The idea: to use the credit channel by making foreign banks bear the consequences of the devaluation of the Russian currency.
Developing countries face greater risks raising money to deal with the pandemic. Zambia is now on the verge of being the first ‘COVID default’ and other developing countries could follow suit.
The global economy is currently experiencing its severest contraction since the 1930s. While capitalism will survive, its fundamental structure can change at critical historical junctures.
Argentina’s new President Alberto Fernández has no easy option to address yet another crisis.
The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Almost one-third of countries around the world are authoritarian regimes with the trappings of democracy. Their bad behavior poses a threat to real democracies, as the United States recently learned.
African cities are failing to raise development funds through bond markets.
South Africa has narrowly escaped a downgrade of the rating of its sovereign bonds, but government has its work cut out as it seeks to restore investor confidence and lift economic growth.
Economic sense has been largely irrelevant in the unfolding Greek drama. Instead, morality has been at its heart.
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Principal Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics at Maastricht School of Management and Jean Monnet Chair, Technical University of Cologne
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Professor, International Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
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Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Economics, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University; Aston University