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COVID-19 and the Looming Debt Crisis: Protecting and Transforming Social Spending for Inclusive Recoveries

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Compounding the COVID-19 pandemic is a looming debt crisis for low- and middle-income countries where a growing debt burden threatens to crowd out social spending for children. This policy brief explores whether the current support from the international community is enough to maintain spending on basic services during COVID-19. It highlights countries that are most at risk due to high levels of poverty, as well as those less likely to benefit from the G20 Debt Standstill (DSSI). It concludes that a new international debt restructuring architecture, which encompasses the needs of poorer countries, is crucial to protecting children’s rights in the wake of COVID-19.

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  • UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021. "COVID-19 and the Looming Debt Crisis: Protecting and Transforming Social Spending for Inclusive Recoveries," Papers inorer1193, Innocenti Research Report.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucf:inorer:inorer1193
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