[Video] Illegitimate debt and debt audits | Overview of debt in Asia
3 June 2021 by Eric Toussaint , Iolanda Fresnillo , Eurodad , Daniel Jeong-Dae Lee , Kjetil Abildsnes
Panelists
- Eric Toussaint, Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM)
- Daniel Jeong-Dae Lee, United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
- Iolanda Fresnillo, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, Eurodad
- Moderator: Kjetil Abildsnes, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Church Aid / Kirkens Nødhjelp
00:00:00 introductory remarks
00:04:30 Iolanda Fresnillo’s presentation on Debt Audits
00:24:05 Eric Toussaint’s presentation on illegitimate debt
00:40:20 Q&A
01:00:00 Daniel Jeong-Dae Lee’s presentation on Debt in Asia
01:30:50 Q&A
Source: Eurodad
is a historian and political scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the universities of Paris VIII and Liège, is the spokesperson of the CADTM International, and sits on the Scientific Council of ATTAC France.
He is the author of World Bank: A Critical History, London, Pluto, 2023, Greece 2015: there was an alternative. London: Resistance Books / IIRE / CADTM, 2020 , Debt System (Haymarket books, Chicago, 2019), Bankocracy (2015); The Life and Crimes of an Exemplary Man (2014); Glance in the Rear View Mirror. Neoliberal Ideology From its Origins to the Present, Haymarket books, Chicago, 2012, etc.
See his bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Toussaint
He co-authored World debt figures 2015 with Pierre Gottiniaux, Daniel Munevar and Antonio Sanabria (2015); and with Damien Millet Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers, Monthly Review Books, New York, 2010. He was the scientific coordinator of the Greek Truth Commission on Public Debt from April 2015 to November 2015.
Other articles in English by Eric Toussaint (694)
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Democracy & Debt: Reimagining Sovereignty in the Era of Global Financial Institutions
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Europe: For a different economic policy in response to the far right and Trump’s offensive
5 November, by Eric Toussaint , Antoine Larrache
BRICS 2025 Questions and Answers Series (Part 6)
Are the New Development Bank and the BRICS Monetary Fund an alternative to the Bretton Woods institutions?28 October, by Eric Toussaint
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Who are the CADTM ? What is Illegitimate debt ? An ABC
28 October, by Eric Toussaint , Maxime Perriot
BRICS 2025 Questions and Answers Series (Part 5)
The BRICS and de-dollarisation6 October, by Eric Toussaint
BRICS 2025 Questions and Answers Series (Part 4)
China and the IMF, supported by BRICS+, provided a lifeline to Javier Milei’s far-right government in Argentina26 September, by Eric Toussaint
BRICS 2025 Q&A Series (Part 3)
The BRICS are the new defenders of free trade, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank17 September, by Eric Toussaint
BRICS 2025 Questions and Answers Series (Part 2)
The passivity or complicity of BRICS+ with imperialist wars11 September, by Eric Toussaint
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Why Does Historian Eric Toussaint Accuse China, India And Russia of Being "Silent Accomplices” in the Horror in Palestine?
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Liège Revolution: 1789-1794
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is a member of La PACD (Plataforma Auditoria Ciudadana de la Deuda) and Eurodad.
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Banga’s nomination has Empire written all over it
3 March 2023, by Iolanda Fresnillo , Jean Saldanha
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Ghana’s default, letter on Sri Lanka calling for debt cancellation and Pakistan doubly victimized
11 January 2023, by Iolanda Fresnillo
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[Video] What solutions for the countries of the South crushed by the burden of the debt ?
20 September 2021, by Iolanda Fresnillo , Omar Aziki , Ndongo Samba Sylla , Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky , Anaïs Carton
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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
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World Bank and IMF response to debt crisis undermines women’s rights
10 April 2020, by Iolanda Fresnillo , Verónica Serafini
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Out of service: How public services and human rights are being threatened by the growing debt crisis
25 February 2020, by Iolanda Fresnillo , Eurodad
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Haiti 10 years after the earthquake: the fight for social and economic justice continues
13 January 2020, by Iolanda Fresnillo
Other articles in English by Eurodad (17)
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History RePPPeated II : Why Public-Private Partnerships are not the solution
5 December 2022, by Collective , Eurodad , Afrodad , Latindadd , ODG (Observatorio de la Deuda en la Globalización)
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Debt relief & the Paris Club historical perspective | Overview of debt in Africa
19 May 2021, by Eurodad , Rémi Vilain , Jaime Atienza , Tirivangani Mutazu , Muchimba Siamachoka
Left in the lurch
Debt and Covid-19 in Ecuador, Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines and Zambia3 May 2021, by Eurodad
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The Pandemic Papers: Reviews of Covid-19’s impact on debt and development finance
30 April 2021, by Eurodad
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Dam debt: Understanding the dynamics of Suriname’s debt crisis
22 January 2021, by Eurodad , Daniel Munevar
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A debt moratorium for Low Income Economies
27 March 2020, by Eurodad , Daniel Munevar
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Out of service: How public services and human rights are being threatened by the growing debt crisis
25 February 2020, by Iolanda Fresnillo , Eurodad
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History RePPPeated: How public private partnerships are failing
24 October 2018, by Collective , Eurodad , Latindadd , ODG (Observatorio de la Deuda en la Globalización)
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Debt justice prevails at the Belgian Constitutional Court: Vulture funds law survives challenge by NML Capital
6 June 2018, by Eurodad , CNCD , Antonio Gambini , Bodo Ellmers
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Cancel Greek Debt civil society letter to EWG and Eurogroup
19 May 2016, by CADTM , War on Want , Eurodad , Jubilee Debt Campaign , CNCD , Ecologistas en acción , Debt and Development Coalition Ireland , Bretton Woods Project , Attac Finland , Attac Ireland , Both Ends , Ekumenická Akademie , Enabanda , Erlassjahr.de , Entwicklung braucht Entschuldung , European Network on Debt and Development , European Information Human Rights Centre , Společenství Práce a Solidarity , Zukunftskonvent
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