NIGERIA FOREIGN DEBT AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN ECONOMY RECOVERY


Foreign debt, otherwise known as external debt, is the part of total debt held by creditors of foreign countries, i.e. non-residents of the debtor's country.


According to BUSINESS DICTIONARY, Foreign Debt is an amount a country owes to other countries either directly as a result of government –to-government loans or indirectly because of negative balance of trade


Foreign debt is placed within four broad categories:


  • Private non-guaranteed debt
  • Public and publicly guaranteed debt
  • Central bank deposits
  • Loans due to the World Bank and IMF


A generally applied benchmark for an acceptable level of external debt is that the net present value (NPV) of a country's external public debt should be less than 150% of its exports or 250% of its revenues.


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APA

Ukwa, A. (2018). NIGERIA FOREIGN DEBT AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN ECONOMY RECOVERY. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/nigeria-foreign-debt-and-their-challenges-in-economy-recovery

MLA 8th

Ukwa, Ana "NIGERIA FOREIGN DEBT AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN ECONOMY RECOVERY" Afribary. Afribary, 26 Mar. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/nigeria-foreign-debt-and-their-challenges-in-economy-recovery. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

MLA7

Ukwa, Ana . "NIGERIA FOREIGN DEBT AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN ECONOMY RECOVERY". Afribary, Afribary, 26 Mar. 2018. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/nigeria-foreign-debt-and-their-challenges-in-economy-recovery >.

Chicago

Ukwa, Ana . "NIGERIA FOREIGN DEBT AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN ECONOMY RECOVERY" Afribary (2018). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/nigeria-foreign-debt-and-their-challenges-in-economy-recovery