Resources
DDCI and its partners in the global movement have produced a range of resources on debt to help you get to grips with the debt justice debate.
A down to Earth Guide to Debt, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland, 2011
A magazine style resource with country focused stories on debt from around the world. This resouce contains a rich overview of the debt debate to get you thinking. The resources contain stories from Mali, the Philippines, Haiti, Argentina, Zambia and Ecuador.
Very suitable for development education audiences.
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The Case for a Justice Centred Debt Policy, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland, 2009
DDCISouthern Debts in a Time of Global Crises
Despite some progress on debt cancellation in recent years, debt repayments from Southern countries remain an enormous domestic resource drain - now standing at a staggering US$ 2.9 trillion. This amounts to US$ 100 million of debt repayments from the poorest to the richest countries every day.1 The delays inherent in debt cancellation processes are even more alarming now as countries of the Global South face the impacts of a range of deepening crises. The crises are manifold and are most seriously affecting the lives of the most vulnerable people in countries of the Global South.
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A New Debt Crisis?
As the financial crisis leads us into deep recession at home, what impact is the economic impact having on the world's poor, and in particular what might be the consequences of developing country debt?
This report is intended as a wake up call to anyone who thinks the developing world debt crisis has been resolved.
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Ecuador's Duale Peripa Dam Project
This report is based on the information published in the Executive Summary of the report drawn by Ecuador's Public Debt Audit Commission (Comisión para la Auditoría Integral del Crédito Público, CAIC) as well as on other information gathered during a mission in Ecuador organised in July 2008 by the Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (Campaign for the Reform of the World Bank, CRBM) and the Legal Advice Centre for Afro descendants and indigenous people (CLAI) in order to evaluate the social and environmental impacts of the Daule Peripa dam and the associated Italian-funded Marcel Laniado De Wind hydropower plant.
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Haiti: The Real Story
An overivew of Hiait's debt in January 2011 after the massive earthquake which caused such suffering to haitians. The report givesn overiew of Haiti;s illeigtimate dbet. While this report is written before much of Haiti's debt was been cancelled, lenders such as the IMF continue to give loans to Haiti giving rise the fearrs of another debt cycle.
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How to Challenge Illegitimate Debts
The case against illeigtimate debts with specific studies from around the world
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