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El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine and Zambia. A further 10 had yields between 10% and 20%: Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda and Tajikistan.

In addition to the rise in borrowing costs, the study found that debt repayments were also being made more expensive by a rising US dollar, which had appreciated by an average of 14% against the 27 low-income countries. External debt tends to be owed in foreign currencies – especially the dollar.


https://www.theguardian.com/business/202...ebt-crisis