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  • 4 Nov 2011
    G20 failure to tackle debt ‘incredible’

    In the midst of another global debt crisis, the most powerful countries are still failing to regulate irresponsible lenders, says Jubilee Debt Campaign.

  • 27 Sep 2011
    Write-down of 50 per cent in Greece's private debt 'not enough'

    Campaigners have warned that the rumoured 50 per cent write-down in Greece’s debt not enough to get out of debt and austerity trap.

  • 22 May 2011
    New IMF boss must be chosen fairly, say NGOs

    Civil society groups are calling for an open and fair process to elect the new head of the International Monetary Fund following Strauss-Kahn's resignation.

  • 4 Apr 2011
    Debt, gold and the IMF windfall

    On 6 April 2011 the International Monetary Fund is meeting in Washington DC to discuss for the first time how to spend a $3 billion windfall from selling gold and lending more money since the financial crisis.

  • 8 Jan 2011
    South Sudan should not be born into debt

    If South Sudan secedes, the new country should not start life with a debt burden, says the Jubilee Debt Campaign

  • 8 Jan 2011
    Client economics in West Africa

    As I have observed in previous articles arising from my 2011 Ghana trip, economic and political life here is comparatively stable and prosperous, and there has been substantial growth over the past decade - but how benefits are assessed very much depends on perspective. Structurally, and in terms of levelling income and power distribution, things look much less rosy, for sure.

  • 26 Oct 2010
    G20 fails to grasp nettle on financial transaction tax

    Development agencies are disappointed that the G20 has not made progress on a financial transaction tax to assist the poorest globally.

  • 22 Apr 2010
    The IMF: more than expected, less than hoped for

    Opinion is divided about how far the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has gone in its proposals for how to make the banks pay for the crisis, says Owen Tudor. For some, it has taken some unexpectedly radical steps forward, but for others it has not yet produced an adequate solution.

  • 21 Apr 2010
    IMF is no Robin Hood, but the finance tax debate is taking a big step forward

    Campaigners for economic justice have welcomed the IMF's proposals for new taxes on the financial industry, but say they still fall a long way short of the change needed.

  • 8 Feb 2010
    WCC calls on IMF to follow G7 in writing off Haiti's debts

    The World Council of Churches has welcomed the initiative by the G7 industrialised nations which pledged this past weekend to write Haiti's debts off. It has also called on the IMF and others to follow suit.