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Debt risks growing

South Africa, the oil producers (Angola and Nigeria) and tourism-dependent economies (Mauritius, Namibia and Botswana) are all likely to suffer particularly weak recoveries over the coming quarters. Many of the smaller economies in the region will require further public debt relief. Nigeria and South Africa don’t face the same kind of immediate financing problems, but public debt ratios are on unsustainable upwards trajectories.

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