A number of African leaders appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos have emphasised that the rise in interest rates and over-indebtedness is already crimping the ability of countries on the continent to finance their development.
The rise in interest rates and over-indebtedness is already crimping the ability of countries to finance their development, as a number of African leaders emphasised at appearances at the World Economic Forum in Davos .
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