This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics … microcredit participation, especially for women. They also show that the accrued benefits of borrowing outweigh accumulated debt …. As a result, households' net worth has increased, and both poverty and the debt-asset ratio have declined …

expansion of global nonfinancial corporate debt after the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Nonfinancial corporate debt steadily … increased after the crisis, especially in emerging economies. Between 2008 and 2018, corporate debt increased from 56 to 96 …. Nonfinancial corporate debt was mainly issued through bond markets, and its growth can be largely attributed to accommodative …

and represents USD 22.1 trillion in total assets and USD 6.05 trillion in total debt. The findings show that, prior to the … pandemic, almost 60 percent of the debt was associated with firms that already exhibited vulnerabilities according to at least …

new sources, such as international bond issuances and debt inflows from non-Paris Club governments. The main message is …

Debt vulnerabilities in low-income countries have increased substantially in recent years. Since 2013, median … government debt has risen by about 20 percentage points of gross domestic product and increasingly comes from non … financial conditions given high levels of external debt, lack of fiscal space, low foreign currency reserves, and undiversified …