The Team at Boston University Provides a Fresh Reminder That the World’s Chinese Debt Problem is Concentrated in About 10 Countries

Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center published a new infographic that reveals the unequal distribution of Chinese debt around the world. They found that 10 countries account for 60% of China’s global development finance.

This is especially true in Africa where Angola alone represents nearly a third of total Chinese debt stock, providing a fresh reminder that Africa does not have a Chinese debt problem – a handful of countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, do.

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