The World Bank Group has again raised concerns over the bloating debt burden of the globe’s 73 least developed countries, which rose by 9.5 per cent to $744 billion at the end of 2019, from the previous year according to the latest edition of the International Debt Statistics (IDS) report. It is a response to an urgent need for greater debt transparency, a statement by the World Bank noted. The statement recalled that in response “to a call from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the G20 endorsed…
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