Translate the following English sentence to French:
"In spite of this, the debt continues to grow exponentially, and there is consequently an ever-widening gap between these countries and the industrialised countries, which often behave like unscrupulous moneylenders."
Malgré cela, la dette continue de croître de manière géométrique et le fossé qui les sépare des pays industrialisés ne cesse de se creuser alors que ceux-ci se comportent souvent comme de vulgaires prêteurs sans scrupules.