Debt Build-up in Frontier Low-Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) since 2012 : Global or Country-specific Factors and Way Forward? /
This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ratios, a composition shift toward higher non-concessional debt, and a rise in interest r...
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| Idioma: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/037 |
| Acceso en liña: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ratios, a composition shift toward higher non-concessional debt, and a rise in interest rate payments. Second, using panel regressions, it shows that while both global and country-specific factors are correlated with debt-to-GDP ratios over 1998-2016, global factors dominate for the period 2012-16. Third, through a small open-economy model, it shows that the projected tightening in global financial conditions would reduce debt-to-GDP ratios by less than the increase associated with the expected rise in investment. |
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| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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