Zimbabwe’s odious debts
Civil society organisations have called for an audit of Zimbabwe’s national debt, as inequality and poverty grasp the economy. This comes at a time the World Bank projects further GDP …
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The debt crisis looming for poor countries
A growing number of poor countries, some already in humanitarian crisis, will soon have to choose between servicing their lenders or helping their most vulnerable citizens, as the World Bank …
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Africa’s web of creditors complicates coronavirus debt relief
Africa is crying out for debt relief to weather a perfect storm of coronavirus, plummeting oil and commodity prices, mounting budget deficits and weaker currencies. But delivering the relief that …
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Why Not Default?: The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt
From Publisher: The European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance and the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy in a globalized world. Why Not Default? …
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The IMF is spending $93 billion bailing out reckless lenders
New research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries, without any debt …
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