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Centre for Finance and Development
20 January 2020

Finance & Development Expertise: Debt Sustainability in Africa

In an interview with the Policy Center for the New South, Professor Ugo Panizza talks about debt sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa and the influence of China.

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Ugo PANIZZA
Professor, International Economics Pictet Chair in Finance and Development
Director, International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies
Deputy Director, Centre for Finance and Development
Head, International Economics Department
Faculty Associate, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

In an interview with the Policy Center for the New South, Professor Ugo Panizza discusses what types of investments are adequate for being financed by debt and how debt sustainability can be maintained. He stresses in particular the importance of an adequate debt structure. Furthermore, he also addresses the question whether China represents a risk for the future of debt sustainability in Sub-Sahran Africa.

Interview with Professor Ugo Panizza about Dept Sustainability in Africa (Policy Center for the New South, 11 October 2020)

This interview with Professor Ugo Panizza has been first published by the Policy Center for the New South on 11 October 2019 after a talk he gave in Rabat on 20 September 2019.

In our series Finance & Development Expertise, we regularly present articles and other publications from the faculty of the Centre for Finance and Development (CFD). These include new publications as well as some of the best pieces from the archives.