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Jun 2025
24m 55s

Debt relief

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The financial burden facing the world’s poorest countries is growing. Spain wants rich creditor nations to do more. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Spanish Economy and Trade Minister Carlos Cuerpo ahead of a meeting of world leaders in Seville that will set out the priorities for financing development goals over the next decade. *This pod has been updated to ... Show More
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