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Bonizzi, Bruno, Laskaridis, Christina and Toporowski, Jan (2019) 'Global Liquidity, the Private Sector and Debt Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa.' Development and Change, 50 (5). pp. 1430-1454.

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Abstract

This article analyses the effect of changes in international financial markets on the debt dynamics in sub‐Saharan Africa in recent years. A key development is the rise of the private sector as both a lender and a borrower in African debt markets, a process that is associated with the growing integration of the region into global financial markets. The article argues that the Debt Sustainability Framework of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank has taken some steps to account for this growth of private sector, cross‐border debt, but such steps still fall short of what is needed. A full appreciation of the importance of private debt implies, first, that debt sustainability in sub‐Saharan Africa be understood in the context of countries’ integration in global financial markets and the global liquidity cycles that characterize those markets and, second, that the interplay between private and public debt be monitored in order to provide a fuller picture of the impact of private sector debt on fiscal sustainability.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Economics
ISSN: 0012155X
Copyright Statement: © 2019 International Institute of Social Studies. This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Development and Change published by Wiley https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12507
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12507
Date Deposited: 16 May 2019 08:46
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/31005
Funders: Other

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