The Central African Republic (CAR) remains at high risk of external debt distress and overall high risk of debt distress. Public debt is projected to be sustainable, though there are substantial liquidity...
Burkina Faso remains at moderate risk of external and overall public debt distress. Debt levels are sustainable over the medium term. The current debt-carrying capacity is consistent with a classification...
Guinea-Bissau remains at high risk of external and overall debt distress, unchanged from the previous Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) (December 2024). For external debt, the PV of debt to exports ratio...
The Republic of Congo, a country with extensive tropical forests and low deforestation rates, needs to balance export-driven development, especially through timber production, and sustainable forest management...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains at high risk of debt distress under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF), with weak debt-carrying capacity. External debt risks are elevated due...
The overall and external debt of the Republic of Congo are classified as in distress, reflecting the ongoing restructuring and audit of domestic arrears, as well as the recurrent accumulation of temporary...
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) finds Uzbekistan’s risk of external debt distress is low and debt carrying capacity is strong. Under the baseline scenario, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) external...
Benin’s overall and external public debt remain at moderate risk of debt distress, unchanged from the previous DSA (December 2024). All projected external debt burden indicators remain below high-risk...
Debt-related risks have increased. Public debt levels in low-income countries (LICs) and emerging markets (EMs) were already high before the COVID-19 pandemic and have increased further due to the pandemic...
Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian challenges. Support from the international community weakened notably during the two-year conflict in Tigray but is now resuming. Bunching of debt service...
On January 17, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and ten. It was resolved that IBRD transfer from surplus...
This Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Togo to be at moderate risk of external debt distress and high overall risk of public debt distress - unchanged from the last DSA. Judgement was applied...
Under the updated low-income country debt sustainability framework (LIC DSF), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains at moderate risk of both external and overall debt distress, with some capacity...
Côte d’Ivoire’s overall and external public debt remain at moderate risk of debt distress and show significative improvements compared to the DSA prior to the debt management operation (DMO) completed...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains at high risk of debt distress under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF), with weak debt-carrying capacity. External debt risks are elevated due...
The Gambia’s overall and external debt distress risk ratings remain high, and public debt continues to be deemed sustainable, similar to the previous DSA. Under the updated macro framework, the external...
This low-income countries debt sustainability analysis (LIC-DSA) provides a streamlined update to the April 2024 LIC-DSA, adding two elements: (i) US 125 million dollars under the World Bank’s Development...
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is assessed to be in external and overall debt distress under the low-income countries’ debt sustainability framework (LIC-DSF). The Lao PDR is assessed to be...