Friday, May 18, 2007

Africa's itch to borrow: can the risks be limited?

(Reuters) - Africa's itch to borrow to hasten development is producing a flurry of ideas to limit the risk that the world's poorest continent could once more drown in a sea of unserviceable debt.

After debt write-offs by international financial institutions and Western governments of nearly $50 billion, some African states have the headroom to start borrowing anew. Others do not.


Read more at Reuters Africa

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