Understanding the Global Waves of Debt

Year
2020
Type(s)
Author(s)
M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara
Source
CEPR Policy Insight 99, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London. March 2020
Url
https://cepr.org/publications/policy-insight-99-understanding-global-waves-debt

In this CEPR Policy Insight, economists from the World Bank and CEPR examine the current build-up of debt in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), compare the current debt wave to its historical predecessors, and propose policy options to reduce the likelihood it will end in crisis, and propose measure to alleviate any impact impact.