Updates

Q1 2021 Debt Data: Domestic Debt Service on a Plateau

June 30, 2021/Proshare By FBNQuest Research   The FGN’s domestic debt service has broadly stabilized, rising by less than 1% y/y to NGN613bn in Q1 ’21. Encouragingly, our chart shows a shift in debt service away from NTBs (Nigerian T-bills) towards FGN bonds, for which maturities now extend to 30 […]

MDBs’ climate finance rose to US$ 66 billion in 2020, joint report shows

June 30, 2021/EBRD By Vanora Bennett MDBs publish 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance Eight MDBs committed US$ 66 billion for climate finance in 2020, up from US$ 61.6 billion Of the total, 58 per cent was committed to low- and middle-income countries Climate finance committed by major […]

Sudan to Receive Debt Relief Under the HIPC Initiative

June 30, 2021/IMF The Executive Boards of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have determined that Sudan has taken the necessary steps to begin receiving debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Sudan is the 38th country to reach […]