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The Globalization of Finance and Its Impact on State Building — Didac Queralt
The Globalization of Finance and Its Impact on State Building — Didac Queralt
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50 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
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An increasing number of countries are struggling with rising debt and facing defaults. A recent World Bank report revealed that developing countries paid a record $443.5 billion in 2022 to service their public debts, a situation exacerbated by surging global interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar. This debt servicing cost represents a 5% increase from the previous year, with warnings of more challenges ahead for the world’s poorest nations. Therefore, it is crucial to gain a deeper understanding of which forms of globalized finance are more effective in fostering development. This episode focuses on the prize-winning book Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance, which examines the consequences of early access to external finance for long-term state capacity. In the 19th century, developing countries frequently sought loans from European credit houses to manage their finances and cope with war. While this external financing provided opportunities for growth, it often allowed leaders of these borrower states to skip essential steps in developing institutions and making political systems more inclusive. "Pawned States" illustrates how this reliance on early foreign loans has resulted in persistent fiscal instability and diminished governmental effectiveness in the developing world.Didac Queralt is an assistant professor of political science at Yale University, who studies historical causes of modern-day fiscal institutions. @DidacQueraltKey highlightsIntroduction – 00:24Rising public debt in the Global South – 03:56Conditionality and the international financial architecture – 10:12Access to international finance in the 19th century– 18:22Borrower motives and ability to pay back loans – 24:12Lender strategies – 31:13Success stories: Japan and Chile – 35:08Argentina and Ethiopia – 40:40Lessons for modern states– 44:08
HostProfessor Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)Apple Google Spotify YouTubeSubscribe: https://globaldevpod.substack.com/
HostProfessor Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)Apple Google Spotify YouTubeSubscribe: https://globaldevpod.substack.com/
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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