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Who holds frontier markets’ foreign debt?

China and private bondholders have become increasingly important creditors to governments of many frontier markets, including some of those that are now finding themselves in debt distress. This is likely to make any debt restructuring talks more complex and longer which could, in turn, could delay bailouts from the IMF.

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