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The Changing Dynamics of Global Debt

In advanced (OECD) economies, the debt to GDP ratio is about 83% – 122.1% for the United States (US) and 83.3% in the European Union (EU). In emerging countries, the ratio was 68%. Notably, in Sub Saharan Africa, sovereign debt is back to its 2000 levels, before the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative led to a general official debt cancellation in low-income countries. […]