Thursday
May 30
2024

Analysis: Global South Pays More to Service Its Debt Than It Receives in Development Aid

In 2022, the first year of sharp rate hikes to curb rising inflation, the countries of the Global South paid almost $50 billion more in debt than they received in new financing, according to data from the UN’s trade and development arm.

Photo courtesy of Patrick Hendry.

Source: El País (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Finance
Tags
global development, NGOs