Joseph Stiglitz and Martín Guzmán on how to ease developing countries’ debt woes
Restructuring processes must be revamped, but governments also need better access to stable financing
IN ONE OF his final acts of global engagement, Pope Francis convened a Jubilee Commission of experts—including ourselves and other leading experts in debt and development—at the Vatican to address a growing threat to the world’s poorest countries: the sovereign-debt crisis afflicting dozens of low- and middle-income nations. Both lenders and borrowers have contributed to the current predicament. Only a recognition of this shared responsibility will lead to a sustainable solution.
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