Aid rules tightened, but still allow profit to be made from loans
Western countries, through the OECD, have agreed new rules for themselves on when they are allowed to call loans ‘aid’. The new rules restrict the terms on which loans can…
Western countries, through the OECD, have agreed new rules for themselves on when they are allowed to call loans ‘aid’. The new rules restrict the terms on which loans can…
The fall in the price of commodities, led by oil, has led to large falls in the value of currencies in developing countries. Financial markets are betting on countries’ trade…
• Campaigners call for debt relief not more loans as WHO admits off-track in bringing the disease under control • Over two weeks have passed since G20 $300 million pledge…
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G20 announces $300 million of loans, debt relief and grants from IMF, but details of how to do so are being debated over coming weeks At the G20 summit on…
More than 700 people have written to their MP to ask why the UK government voted against action on vulture funds at the United Nations in September. Many have now…
UK government must support expanded debt relief at Brisbane G20 this weekend. Jubilee Debt Campaign has welcomed a call by US officials for emergency debt relief from the IMF for…
Eighteen organisations from the UK and Global South have written to British Minister for International Development Justine Greening calling for support for a range of measures to prevent debt crises…
New figures released today predict that current rates of lending could lead to debts becoming unsustainable in many impoverished countries over the next decade, just a few years after some…
Argentina has legislated to create a commission to investigate the origin of the country’s debt, dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. The law states that once…