Debt: A game of words
By Debtfree
Debt payments have devastating effects on public spending
Abinaya Nathan Source: Jubilee Debt Campaign In Chad, pregnant women are putting off going to important but expensive health check-ups, and their families are paying over a third of a month’s income upfront to get through childbirth. In Togo, West Africa, an 11-year-old boy was admitted to the country’s biggest public hospital with a stomach-ache…
A Historical Public Debt Database
This paper describes the compilation of the first truly comprehensive historical public debt database (HPDD) covering gross government debt-to-GDP ratios for nearly the entire country membership of the IMF and spanning a long time period. The HPDD covers 174 countries and starts from 1880 for most G-7 countries and a few other advanced and emerging…