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Only independent evidence moves it.","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W2098383363","title":"Total Public Debt and Growth in Developing Countries","authors":["Andrea Presbitero"],"authorCount":1,"venue":"SSRN Electronic Journal","year":2011,"type":"preprint","citedBy":36,"keywords":["public debt","low- and middle-income countries","debt overhang","developing countries","macroeconomic policy","institutional quality"],"topic":{"topic":"Fiscal Policies and Political Economy","subfield":"Economics and Econometrics","field":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","domain":"Social Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-22T04:45:31.795Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"In low- and middle-income countries in 1990-2007, public debt is linked to lower growth up to 90 percent of GDP, and beyond that its effect becomes irrelevant.","did":"The author analysed a panel of low- and middle-income countries over 1990-2007, looking at total public debt (domestic and external) and its relationship with output growth.","gist":"The paper studies how total public debt, not just external debt, affects growth in developing countries, and finds a non-linear effect that depends on macroeconomic policies and institutions.","meaning":"The claim says the drag of public debt on growth in developing countries is not constant: it appears at lower debt levels and fades once debt passes about 90 percent of GDP. The paper links this pattern to country-specific factors, as debt matters for growth mainly where policies and institutions are sound. If it holds, it bears on how policymakers in developing countries weigh borrowing, including domestic borrowing, against growth.","findings":["Public debt has a negative impact on output growth up to a threshold of 90 percent of GDP.","Beyond that threshold, the effect of debt on growth becomes irrelevant.","The non-linear effect can be explained by country-specific factors: debt overhang constrains growth only in countries with sound macroeconomic policies and stable institutions."],"terms":[{"term":"panel of countries","means":"A dataset that follows many countries across several years, so that differences between countries and changes over time can both be studied."},{"term":"threshold","means":"A level of debt at which the relationship between debt and growth changes."},{"term":"output growth","means":"The rate at which an economy's total production of goods and services increases."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-22T04:45:48.816Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-22T04:45:48.816Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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