Thirty-two African nations now spend more servicing external debt than funding healthcare Published On 13 Oct 202513 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share More than 30 leading economists, former finance ministers and central bankers have called for immediate debt relief for low- and middle-income countries, warning that loan repayments are…
Breaking the Debt Cycle: Strengthening Financial Resilience in Small Island Developing States 13 October 2025 Chandrahas Choudhury, Ritu Bharadwaj, N. Karthikeyan Repeated and intensifying climate events push SIDS into cycles of debt, as economic, developmental, and infrastructure damages accumulate. A close examination of disaster-related damages in SIDS reveals that since 1960, there has been a…
According to a new study by ViFi UK Finance Team, the area in Cheshire topped the list for unmanageable debt, recording the highest rates of insolvency, debt relief orders, and breathing space registrations. Halton scored 8.57 out of 10 on the study’s debt index—more than three times the national average of 2.78. Ben Steele, founder…
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The world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are spending billions of pounds more to repay debts than they receive in funding to fight climate change, new research shows. The analysis, from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) think tank, finds that in 2023 – the most recent year for which data was available…
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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email The world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are spending billions of pounds more to repay debts than they receive in funding to fight climate change, new research shows. The analysis,…
By copying the HTML below, you will be adhering to all our guidelines. By Thu Pham, Peter Anderson, Angela Baeza Pena and Levon Blue “Debt relief is welcome, but it won’t keep students in programs where they feel unsafe, unsupported, or invisible.” The Albanese Government’s recent move to wipe out 20% of student HECS-HELP debt…
By copying the HTML below, you will be adhering to all our guidelines. By Thu Pham, Peter Anderson, Angela Baeza Pena and Levon Blue “Debt relief is welcome, but it won’t keep students in programs where they feel unsafe, unsupported, or invisible.” The Albanese Government’s recent move to wipe out 20% of student HECS-HELP debt…
This is the second post in the four-part Beyond aid: new directions in development finance series on the key debates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), which was held in Seville, Spain during June 2025. One of the central issues at FfD4 was the mounting international debt crisis. The OECD estimates…