These countries – most of which are located in Africa – allocate on average 40% of their annual budgets to debt servicing, which reduces their investment capacity and therefore their ability to offer their people basic social services such as healthcare and education.
Ces pays, en effet, - dont la majorité se trouve en Afrique - consacrent en moyenne 40 pour cent de leur budget annuel au service de la dette, ce qui réduit d'autant leurs capacités d'investissement et, donc, celle d'offrir à leurs populations des services sociaux de base, tels que la santé et l'éducation.