At a record high of $92 trillion, global public debt poses not only financial challenges but also a development crisis, UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan told a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) held in Brazil on 29 February. The G20, which comprises the world’s major economies, has three priorities for 2024 under the Brazilian presidency: fighting poverty and hunger, the energy transition and sustainable development, and governance reform. A lead speaker before the bloc’s finance min...