In countries that are already heavily burdened by payments to foreign creditors, the risk of debt crises is growing in the current global situation. With serious consequences for the people affected.

In countries that are already heavily burdened by payments to foreign creditors, the risk of debt crises is growing in the current global situation. With serious consequences for the people affected.

High cost of capital as an obstacle to development

Governments in the global South pay significantly higher interest rates for loans and bonds than governments in the global North. Numerous policy options and institutional innovations are being discussed to reduce this inequality.

• Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Bread for the World
• Year of publication: October 2025
• Pages: 11

High cost of capital as an obstacle to development

Governments in the global South pay significantly higher interest rates for loans and bonds than governments in the global North. Numerous policy options and institutional innovations are being discussed to reduce this inequality.

• Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Bread for the World
• Year of publication: October 2025
• Pages: 11

55 per cent of the 152 countries surveyed in the Global South are very critically indebted. The debt report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in a total of 198 countries. What is needed is the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.

• Publisher: Misereor, Erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2025
• Pages: 48

55 per cent of the 152 countries surveyed in the Global South are very critically indebted. The debt report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in a total of 198 countries. What is needed is the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.

• Publisher: Misereor, Erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2025
• Pages: 48

119 so-called developing and emerging countries are critically indebted, in 87 of them the debt situation has deteriorated further and 13 countries have had to suspend their debt repayments completely or at least partially: These are the key findings of the 2018 Debt Report.

The Debt Report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in developing and emerging countries and analyses the latest developments in the area of public debt in the context of current global economic policy.

• Publisher: Misereor; erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2018
• 61 pages

119 so-called developing and emerging countries are critically indebted, in 87 of them the debt situation has deteriorated further and 13 countries have had to suspend their debt repayments completely or at least partially: These are the key findings of the 2018 Debt Report.

The Debt Report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in developing and emerging countries and analyses the latest developments in the area of public debt in the context of current global economic policy.

• Publisher: Misereor; erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2018
• 61 pages

What can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development achieve?
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will take place in Seville in June 2025. The briefing briefly describes the key challenges of the FfD process and presents political options for action.

• Publisher: Bread for the World, Global Policy Forum Europe and Misereor
• Pages: 12
• Year of publication: January 2025

What can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development achieve?
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will take place in Seville in June 2025. The briefing briefly describes the key challenges of the FfD process and presents political options for action.

• Publisher: Bread for the World, Global Policy Forum Europe and Misereor
• Pages: 12
• Year of publication: January 2025

This dossier analyses the state of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Sri Lanka on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the end of the civil war. The authors' contributions shed light on the period after the end of the war with the stagnating process of coming to terms with the past and reconciliation, the Easter attacks, the ongoing economic crisis and the nationwide protest movement that formed in March
2022 against the Sri Lankan government's economic policy ("Aragalaya").

• Product manager: Franziska Koch, Sri Lanka Advocacy
• Publisher: Sri Lanka Advocacy c / o United Evangelical Mission
• Year of publication: 2024
• Pages : 31

This dossier analyses the state of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Sri Lanka on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the end of the civil war. The authors' contributions shed light on the period after the end of the war with the stagnating process of coming to terms with the past and reconciliation, the Easter attacks, the ongoing economic crisis and the nationwide protest movement that formed in March
2022 against the Sri Lankan government's economic policy ("Aragalaya").

• Product manager: Franziska Koch, Sri Lanka Advocacy
• Publisher: Sri Lanka Advocacy c / o United Evangelical Mission
• Year of publication: 2024
• Pages : 31

In favour of a strong welfare state, investment in public infrastructure and climate transformation - in Germany and worldwide.

In favour of a strong welfare state, investment in public infrastructure and climate transformation - in Germany and worldwide.

130 out of 152 developing and emerging countries are critically indebted. Overall, 55 per cent of the countries surveyed are critically or very critically indebted - before the Covid-19 pandemic, the figure was just 37 per cent. The Global Sovereign Debt Monitor assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in developing and emerging countries and analyses the impact of the current crises. To solve the global debt crisis, the 2024 Global Sovereign Debt Monitor proposes several reform measures, first and foremost the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.

Global Sovereign Debt Monitor 2024(Download report in english)

• Publisher: Misereor; erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2024
• 56 pages

130 out of 152 developing and emerging countries are critically indebted. Overall, 55 per cent of the countries surveyed are critically or very critically indebted - before the Covid-19 pandemic, the figure was just 37 per cent. The Global Sovereign Debt Monitor assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in developing and emerging countries and analyses the impact of the current crises. To solve the global debt crisis, the 2024 Global Sovereign Debt Monitor proposes several reform measures, first and foremost the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.

Global Sovereign Debt Monitor 2024(Download report in english)

• Publisher: Misereor; erlassjahr.de
• Year of publication: 2024
• 56 pages