Ep 170 - Ethiopia and Senegal: Debt Shenanigans?

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Feb 23, 202600:31:01Education

Ethiopia and Senegal: Debt Shenanigans? A set of recent articles in the FT by sovereign debt guru Joseph Cotterill suggest to us (reading between the lines) debt shenanigans in both Ethiopia and Senegal. We can’t figure...

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