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Seminar on World Bank’s New Radical Debt Transparency Report

The new Radical Debt Transparency report—an update to 2021’s Debt Transparency in Developing Economies — shows that despite significant improvements in recent years, major debt transparency deficiencies continue to plague many developing countries. As the global financing environment tightens, several governments are turning to off-budget and increasingly complex debt instruments such as collateralized loans, private placements, and central bank swaps, that risk giving rise to new hidden debts.