Pakistan News: Serial-borrower Pak is chief of global borrowers’ club. What it brings to the table

Pakistan, itself burdened by heavy debt, has taken the chair of a UN-backed forum created to give developing countries a stronger voice on international borrowing. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb accepted the chairmanship of the Borrowers’ Platform’s Governing Council in Bangkok on October 12, according to Pakistan’s government. The serial borrower nation would be responsible…

Pakistan News: Serial-borrower Pak is chief of global borrowers’ club. What it brings to the table

Pakistan, itself burdened by heavy debt, has taken the chair of a UN-backed forum created to give developing countries a stronger voice on international borrowing. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb accepted the chairmanship of the Borrowers’ Platform’s Governing Council in Bangkok on October 12, according to Pakistan’s government. The serial borrower nation would be responsible…

Debt strains spur development rethink

WASHINGTON: High debt levels, rising debt-service costs and a sharp drop in official development assistance are forcing developing countries and institutions that help them to rethink development and look for new sources of funding, including from the private sector. World Bank President Ajay Banga, who has led a drive that has more than tripled the…

Québec robotics manufacturer Noovelia seeks restructuring after trade war disruptions

Noovelia Inc., a Québec-based manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots, filed a notice of intention to make a proposal on September 15, 2026, reporting approximately $12.2 million in liabilities after trade tensions with the United States disrupted sales and prompted Canadian industrial customers to reconsider equipment investments. On October 8, Justice David Héroux of the Quebec…

John Oliver’s show bought nearly $15 million in medical debt for $60,000 in 2016; instead of collecting it from around 9,000 people, it worked with a charity to wipe their outstanding bills

In June 2016, television comedy host John Oliver bought nearly $15 million (£11.8 million) in unpaid medical debt for just $60,000 (£47,000) through a debt collection company created for the purpose. Instead of using debt collectors to demand payment from the roughly 9,000 patients linked to the accounts, the producers of HBO’s Last Week Tonight…

Insolvency Resolution And Corporate Restructuring In India: A Comparative Analysis Of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) And Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process (PPIRP)

Policy UpdateAnushree Khare BACKGROUND As the institutional economics framework of Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson posits, a country fails to grow as long as it is burdened with extractive institutions that support stagnation rather than entrepreneurship. For years, India’s corporate insolvency environment has been representative of the same kind of stasis. Thus, instead of…