Servicing Foreign Debt Is a Serious Challenge for Some Poorer

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Multiple Choice

Servicing foreign debt is a serious challenge for some poorer countries more than others. In the 1980s and 1990s some countries borrowed heavily to finance economic growth but at a heavy price. Which world region or country has had the most serious debt service problem?

• A) the United States
• B) Latin America
• C) China
• D) Southeast Asia

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