An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos, raising worries about the nation’s obligations to its biggest creditors like China.
A majority of Laos’ public debt, which the IMF estimates is 122% of GDP this year, is owed to China due to infrastructure deals under the Belt And Road Initiative, or BRI.
Laos has borrowed billions of US dollars from China to finance railways, highways, and hydroelectric dams, depleting its foreign reserves.
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