A report on the debt situation of Sub-Saharan Africa

A new publication has been released on debt in the area of Sub-Saharan Africa. The report is commissioned as part of UniPID Development Policy Studies (UniPID DPS), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and managed by the Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID).

The study presents the views of selected experts from Sub-Saharan Africa on the problems many countries in the region face with debt. The debt burden is a critical macroeconomic challenge in the region, as one third of SSA countries are classified either as debt distressed or in high risk of debt distress.

Based on a structured survey of specialists from the SSA region, the paper sheds light on the reasons for, the economic impact and the outlook of debt problems. An overarching message from the survey is that economic policies play a key role in shielding against debt problems.

The report can be found here (Institutional Repository for the Government).(Link to another website.)

 

This report is commissioned as part of UniPID Development Policy Studies (UniPID DPS), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) and managed by the Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID). UniPID is a network of Finnish universities established to strengthen universities’ global responsibility and collaboration with partners from the Global South, in support of sustainable development