
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Implications of Kenya’s DSSI accession
On 11 January, the Paris Club announced that Kenya would benefit from the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) from 1 January to 30 June 2021. At the start of a crucial year in Kenya’s political cycle, the government’s U-turn on an earlier decision not to participate in the initiative does not bode well for the state of public finances.… Read the rest