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The Maldives debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2016 was at 67 percent, increasing to 78 percent in 2019. It was at 149 percent by the...
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In June 2018, Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of Parliament and former President, accused China of having dragged the Maldives into a debt trap. He was also critical of the government's high...
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President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in his presidential address on 7 February 2019, stated that his Administration aims to raise the foreign currency reserves to USD1 billion by the end of...
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On 25 April 2021 ,the Maldivian parliament, just one day prior to the maturity of an overdraft of MVR4.4 billion [USD285 million]taken by the Solih administration from the Maldives Monetary...
