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macro economics

Government debt isn’t the problem, it’s whether governments can pay it back. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Government debt isn’t the problem, it’s whether governments can pay it back.

6 perspectives
Special Report

Governments in the red

Economy
Pakistan continues to develop a dependency on aid and loans. : Dan Casperz/DFID, Wikimedia Commons CC Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Pakistan faces a wave of problems on multiple fronts, but its growing debt can no longer be overlooked as inflation soars and foreign reserves crumble.

Governments in the red

Pakistan’s debt is a teetering house of cards

Pakistan faces a wave of problems on multiple fronts, but its growing debt can no longer be overlooked as inflation soars and foreign reserves crumble.

Economy
There are economic downsides to maintaining lockdowns and deliver on other promises. : Steve Banfield/FlickrTasha Wibawa, 360info CC BY-NC 2.0

Eye-watering government debt makes for good headlines, but how much is too much is far less clear.

Governments in the red

Government debt: you’re a part of it. Is it a problem?

Eye-watering government debt makes for good headlines, but how much is too much is far less clear.

Economy
By 2100, 100 Chinese workers may be supporting 120 retired people. : vhines200 (Flickr) CC 2.0

China’s economic and family planning policies of the 1970s ushered in a ‘golden age’ of growth. But as China ages, keeping it golden will be a challenge.

Riding the age wave

China’s older people risk curtailing the prosperity they created

Society
With a the highest ever number of young people, the world is on the cusp of a ‘demographic dividend’ opportunity : Michael Joiner & James Goldie, 360info CC BY 4.0

To make the most of the global wave of young people, young nations will have to learn from surfers and paddle hard.

6 perspectives
Special Report

Riding the age wave

Society
Fiji’s economy relies on tourism, but after COVID-19, it faces debt levels of 80 percent of GDP. : David Jones (Flickr) CC 2.0

Rising debt and declining income seem to add up to an austere future for Pacific Island nations. But belt-tightening may make things worse.

Pacific primer

The Pacific’s spiralling debt – and what governments can do about it

Politics