<p>Given the lack of a long-term, holistic approach to assess public debt sustainability, ESCAP (2023) proposes an &ldquo;augmented&rdquo; approach, which duly incorporates a country&rsquo;s spending needs to achieve the ...

The pandemic has worsened the budget balances of many economies, with expenditure increasing in parallel to significant reductions in the availability of public and private financing for SDG investments. The elevated public ...