By Toby McIntosh The revelation that Senegal’s external debt was seriously and intentionally understated raises questions about how to assure accurate and transparent information about…
Category: Debt Transparency
HELP WANTED: Data expert wanted to help hapless journalist make sense of a World Bank “heat map” on sovereign debt. VALUE: Many countries are not…
By Toby McIntosh The international steering committee that controls the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) has decided to make the data more transparent, according to…
The Group of 20 developed countries has reaffirmed its support for having the private sector voluntarily disclose its loans to governments, an approach one critic…
By Toby McIntosh A “ladder of transparency” was described recently by a World Bank official. The ladder has four rungs for countries to climb to…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund, which prepares detailed assessments of sovereign debt risks, has decided to keep some of its conclusions confidential. The…
By Toby McIntosh A unique international effort to shed more light on the debt owed by developing nations has faltered. The strategy was dependent on…