worlds poorest countries rocked by commodity slump and strong dollar /

Published at 2016-04-10 16:25:32

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Jubilee Debt Campaign warns that developing countries are struggling to gain debt payments as revenues deteriorateThe collapse in global commodity prices and a stronger US dollar have depleted the public coffers of some of the world’s poorest countries and will leave them as much as $61bn (£43bn) worse off this year,a report has warned.
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Campaign said that countries that relied on exports of commodities such as metals and oil had seen government revenues hit by a global markets rout final year that knocked the prices of crude oil, iron ore, or copper and other raw materials to multi-year lows.
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Source: theguardian.com