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The hidden cost of Nepal’s rising public debt

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The hidden cost of Nepal’s rising public debt

Developing countries have rarely found it easier to borrow, or harder to afford it. That is the paradox of the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2026. The external debt of low- and middle-income countries rose 5.5 per cent in 2025 to a record US$9.4 trillion.

Yet debt service rose for a fifth consecutive year, and […] Developing countries have rarely found it easier to borrow, or harder to afford it. That is the paradox of the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2026. The external debt of low- and middle-income countries rose 5.5 per cent in 2025 to a record US$9.4 trillion.

Yet debt service rose for a fifth consecutive year, and […] Developing countries have rarely found it easier to borrow, or harder to afford it. That is the paradox of the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2026. The external debt of low- and middle-income countries rose 5.5 per cent in 2025 to a record US$9.4 trillion.