“…This depends on the actions of both private and public actors (Eickmeier et al., ; Landau, ) and in the last decade has been closely associated with the expansionary monetary policy of major advanced economies (Aizenman et al., ; Chen et al., ; Fischer, ; Rey, ; Shin, , ). Abundant global liquidity in the post‐financial crisis years has enabled sub‐Saharan African countries to borrow easily and refinance their debts, while exposing them to the vulnerabilities of liquidity shrinkages and shifts in the risk appetite of global lenders (Akyüz, ; Bonizzi, ; Fischer, ; Kaltenbrunner, ; Kaltenbrunner and Painceira, , ). The growing importance of private actors may also have major consequences via the complex interplay between private and public debt whose interaction and conceptualization is limited in the DSF, as recognized by the latest DSF review (IMF, ).…”