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TDB Warns Losses on African Development Banks Set Dangerous Precedent
Forcing African development lenders to take losses in sovereign debt restructurings would set a dangerous precedent and increase the cost of financing on the continent, TDB Managing Director Admassu Tadesse cautioned.
Zambia plans to impose losses on institutions including the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, or TDB, and the African Export-Import Bank as it reworks $13.4 billion in loans spanning Chinese state-owned banks to bondholders. Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said last week the southern African nation must honor its agreement with other creditors, which includes subjecting TDB and Afreximbank loans to comparable treatment. Ghana has echoed this.
