Third World Debt
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Version 2.0: The North’s New Debt Trap for the South
Evolution of the external debt of developing countries between 2000 and 2019
19 January 2021 - by Eric Toussaint, Milan Rivié
An update of the three part series “A new trap of indebtedness of the South to the North” published in September-October 2020. At the end of the 1990s and the early years of the new millennium, developing countries (DC) were emerging from an (...) -
G20 debt proposal continues to favour creditors
14 December 2020 - by Bretton Woods Project
Summary: G20 announces disappointing common framework for debt restructuring Framework relies on much-critiqued IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis Debtor countries must agree to IMF treatment as condition of debt relief (...) -
A new trap of indebtedness of the South to the North - Part 3
Developing Countries caught in the vice-like grip of indebtedness
1 December 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Milan Rivié
We continue our analysis of the present-day factors that contribute to the unsustainable nature of debt repayments demanded of the countries of the Global South. We shall examine the following topics: the downward evolution of commodity prices; (...) -
A new trap of indebtedness of the South to the North - Part 2
Threats over the external debt of Developing Countries
27 November 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Milan Rivié
In the first part, we saw that the external indebtedness of developing countries (DC) went through two stages from 2000 to 2018. From 2000 to 2007-2008, the debt stagnated or increased moderately in parallel to negative net transfers. From 2008 (...) -
Urgent debt relief needed as Pakistan faces perfect debt trap
12 November 2020 - by Abdul Khaliq
The indicators of a severe debt crisis were already present in Pakistan long before the Covid-19 crisis hit. Coordinated efforts by CSOs all round the world are needed to ensure that countries like Pakistan are not left alone dealing with its (...) -
Shadow report on the limitations of the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative: Draining out the Titanic with a bucket?
3 November 2020 - by Iolanda Fresnillo
Today (14 October 2020) the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) is publishing an update of the report first published in July which outlines the limitations of the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI). This includes new (...) -
A new trap of indebtedness of the South to the North - Part 1
Evolution of the external debt of Developing Countries between 2000 and 2018
26 October 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Milan Rivié
At the end of the 1990s and in the early years of the new millennium, Developing Countries (DC) were emerging from an unprecedented debt crisis, the “lost decades of development”, which had started in 1982 with Mexico defaulting. Between 1980 and (...) -
Debt disaster with no escape
19 October 2020 - by Michael Roberts
The IMF-World Bank semi-annual meeting took place from 12th to 18th October 2020. Earlier the IMF kicked off the show with a warning that the poor countries of the world are heading for a catastrophe from the pandemic slump, leading to defaults (...) -
The CADTM denounces the G20’s measures on debt
17 October 2020 - by CADTM International
At the time of the WB-IMF annual assemblies held from 12 to 18 October 2020, the G20 Finance Ministers met on Wednesday 14 October to decide on new debt relief measures for the countries of the South. The G20 proved unable to meet the emergency (...) -
Series: 1944-2020, 76 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF (Part 26)
World Bank and IMF: 76 Years is Enough! Abolition!
15 October 2020 - by Eric Toussaint
At a time when the IMF and the World Bank are meeting together from 12 to 18 October 2020, mainly virtually, Eric Toussaint, international spokesperson for the CADTM, makes an assessment of the World Bank and its alter ego the IMF and proposes (...) -
Zambia, Debt and Covid-19
28 September 2020 - by Afrodad, JCTR
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the living conditions of the population of Zambia. Debt relief with private creditor participation is required now to ensure the country can boost its Covid-19 response and support a sustainable (...) -
6 months after the official announcements of debt cancellation for the countries of the South: Where do we stand?
18 September 2020 - by Milan Rivié
As they were faced with requests for debt cancellation from several heads of state from countries of the South and social movements at the end of March and in early April, international financial institutions and other creditor groups suggested (...) -
World Bank’s rating obsession will negate debt justice
31 August 2020 - by Patrick Bond, Dominic Brown
The international financial system’s reliance upon credit ratings – usually based on dubious premises – needs urgent rethinking. The Covid-19 pandemic is just one of the catastrophes leaving many low-income countries – and soon middle-income (...) -
How the Global Financial System Is Hobbling South America’s Response to COVID-19
31 August 2020 - by Nicolás Aguila
This article was originally published on Jacobin and is part of the work currently done by the EReNSEP research team on the Political Economy of COVID-19 Argentina’s public health response to COVID-19 was far better than Jair Bolsonaro’s (...) -
Will the G20 cancel the debt of the Southern countries?
17 July 2020 - by Renaud Vivien
On 18 and 19th of July, the G20 Finance Ministers will meet to decide the measures to be taken in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Debt cancellations should be among the urgent measures to free up the funds needed to tackle the crisis. However, (...) -
The Global South Needs More Than Just Debt Relief
10 July 2020 - by Benjamin Lemoine, Quentin Deforge
The G20’s plans to postpone 76 emerging countries’ debt repayments are a band-aid on fundamental injustices in the global economy. Rebuilding the Global South after the pandemic will require a complete upending of the international order — and the (...) -
Publicity stunt, lies and omission on African debt, Macron bets on the Paris Club
7 July 2020 - by Milan Rivié
On 13th and 15th April 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron drew the world’s attention by calling for a “massive cancellation” of Africa’s debt. A few hours later, the G20 disavowed it by decreeing a suspension of payments of the poorest (...) -
How Foreign Debt Undermines Sovereignty: The case of the Global South
1 July 2020 - by Ndongo Samba Sylla
“There is nothing a nation should avoid as much as borrowing money abroad.” So confided Ulysses Grant to Emperor Meiji during his visit to Japan in August of 1879. After giving several examples of nations then enslaved by foreign (...) -
Series: 1944-2020, 76 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF (Part 16)
The debt trap
1 July 2020 - by Eric Toussaint
In 2020, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF are 76 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that run counter the (...) -
Call of peoples, organizations, movements and networks in North Africa and the Middle East/The Arab region – For the cancellation of debts and dropping of the “free trade” agreements
20 May 2020 - by Collective
To address the Corona pandemic and its severe consequences: the need to break with the tools of imperialist domination over our peoples: indebtedness and “free trade” agreements The people of North Africa and the Middle East/The Arab region are (...) -
UNCTAD calls for aid plan and hard tackles creditors
15 May 2020 - by Milan Rivié
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a real economic crisis whose effects will be as severe as they are long-lasting, even more so in the countries of the South. In recent days, the international financial institutions’ announcements to cancel (...) -
Along with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 300 parliamentarians from around the world are writing to the IMF and World Bank to cancel the debt
15 May 2020 - by Collective
Editor’s note : We are publishing a letter sent to the IMF and the World Bank by 300 worldwide parliamentarians. In this letter the 300 parliamentarians call for the “complete debt remission of the International Development Association’s (IDA) (...) -
President Macron never intended to cancel African debt
4 May 2020 - by Pauline Imbach
Had we been born yesterday, we would have been tempted to believe that the question of African debt was finally going to be taken seriously. Emmanuel Macron, wielding a magic wand, was about to cancel the continent’s debts, once and for all. Yet, (...) -
The Covid-19 pandemic evinces the need to cooperate despite political differences
17 April 2020 - by Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The impact of COVID19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to the world economy, production, trade, employment and (...) -
A debt jubilee to tackle the Covid-19 health and economic crisis
9 April 2020 - by Collective
The International CADTM network agrees to sign despite the fact that we are opposed to asking the IMF to “introduce clear guidelines for deciding when a debt becomes unsustainable, and to abide by its self-imposed rule that it will only lend to (...)
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