markets get to know emerging Africa well enough before the next crisis? Third, have the resolutions of recent defaults in … Africa been orderly so that debtor governments are not herded into traps set by foreign creditors? Our calculations suggest …

Africa’s sovereign debt markets are not well understood, partly due to a lack of data. This paper introduces the Africa …, with a total volume of 644 billion USD. Using this data, we study Africa’s record lending boom of the 2010s in detail. The … organizations just 1 percent. Strikingly, many governments in Africa simultaneously borrow large amounts from both private and …

. With the author's formula for so doing, Africa's debt-to-export ratio should be brought to 198 percent. Another way to … for reconstructing estimates of repayment prospects econometrically. By that method, Africa's debt-to-export ratio should …

relationship between external debt and economic growth in Africa. The result demonstrates that beyond a specific capacity, the … growth in Africa. The findings of this study reinforce the need for policymakers to ensure proper application of external …