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Large parts of sub-Saharan Africa are facing dire economic circumstances. The World Bank says more than one in three countries are either in severe financial distress, or are close to default. What’s gone wrong?
In the first of a week of programmes, Ed Butler taking the pulse of investment in Africa and looking at ways the situation needs to change.
Presenter / producer: Ed Butler
By BBC World Service4.4
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Large parts of sub-Saharan Africa are facing dire economic circumstances. The World Bank says more than one in three countries are either in severe financial distress, or are close to default. What’s gone wrong?
In the first of a week of programmes, Ed Butler taking the pulse of investment in Africa and looking at ways the situation needs to change.
Presenter / producer: Ed Butler

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