Debt sustainability among the 30 African low-income countries that previously received debt relief has deteriorated sharply. More than one-third are either back in, or at high risk of, debt distress. Outcomes of the 2017 review of the International Mon …

With 38 coastal and island states, 13 million km² of collective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and a coastline of over 47,000 km there is an enormous untapped potential for African countries, and for the African continent as a whole, to develop the se …

The costs of financing African development, including infrastructure and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, are escalating, intensifying the quest for new innovative sources of financing to meet these costs and close existing financing …

The HIPC, established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in 1996, provided multilateral debt relief to several poor, developing countries, mainly in Africa, with unsustainable external debt burdens. The HIPC comprised a two-stage m …