Investors recently adopted a novel approach to sustainable investing: engaging with countries to advance sustainable development. But engaging with sovereign entities on sustainability challenges – such as those defined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - is a complex endeavor. To...

The sovereign debt crisis indicated that conventional methods of assessing sovereign debt might need to be extended with new information sets. One of this new information sets could be indicators of a sustainability focused national culture based on social, environmental and political issues....

Ausgelöst durch das Zusammentreffen niedriger Zinsen in reichen Ländern und einem hohen Finanzierungsbedarf für Infrastruktur in vielen ärmeren Ländern befindet sich die Verschuldung der Länder des Globalen Südens seit Jahren auf einem dramatisch hohen Niveau. Hohe Schuldendienstzahlungen...

Debt is created when having to pay back a loan is greater than the opportunities to make a profit or some form of financial security, and this is no different when a state's socio-economic growth depends on the resources required (Nicu 2011). Resources from foreign markets can be either consumed...