Market access is key to growth in EM economies, yet bond markets in many EM countries remain under-developed. This technical report aims to give EM policy-makers the means to transition from donor dependence to genuine financial independence.

Bond markets are signalling a major policy clusterfuck on the part of the Trump Administration, while stock markets are on an AI bender. Which market is right?

There is no such thing as a risk-free return. Why, then, does the finance industry keep referring to safe assets?

Everyone knows that government bonds in rich countries are risk free. Crises are impossible by definition. Don't you feel safe now?

Entering global bond markets offers plenty of upside for capital-starved African countries, but there are also risks.