Skeletons in the Cupboard:Illegitimate Debt Claims
of the G7
Joint NGO Report - February 2007
This report looks at the illegitimate debt clames of the
G7 countries.
Download in PDF format Here 
(0.92 MB)
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 A
new educational resources which focuses on the G8's 100% Debt
Cancellation promise of 2005 and why its not all its been cracked
up to be!
Must the poor always pay?
Download it here in PDF format
Part one
100%
Debt Cancellation
Fact or Fiction?
Part two
Blockages
to 100% Debt Cancellation
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This page contains general information on the Millennium Development
Goals, specific information on Zambia and Uganda, a poster
and external links on this issue. Also added on the 15th of
July 06 a southern perspective on the Millennium Development
Goals. click here
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New
educational resource:
 Debt
Diary on Zambia
A resource from Debt & Development Coalition Ireland,
Concern & Development Cooperation Ireland
Includes:
Why is Zambia in Debt?
How does debt affect the people of Zambia?
To whom does Zambia owe money?
What are debt campaigners doing to resolve the debt crisis?
The Millennium Development Goals
What can YOU do to Cancel the Debt?
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here in pdf format
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Debt and Development Coalition Ireland Report
‘World Bank’s Poverty Reduction Support Credit:
Continuity or Change?’
The research finds that contrary to World Bank claims, it
is largely business as usual in terms of World Bank lending.
The number of World Bank conditions has increased, the overall
thrust of the programmes is similar to previous approaches
and the World Bank continues to impose privatisation conditions,
particularly in the energy, telecommunications and water sectors.
Read
Here
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| RESPONCES TO THE EDINBURGH
G8 OUTCOME |
Jubilee
South’s Response to the G8 Debt Proposal: Justice Demands
Unconditional and Total Debt Cancellation for All South Countries!
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| Statement
on the Commission for Africa Report - Jubilee South Africa
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| Neocolonialism
needs everlasting debt - Samir Amin
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African
responses to Tony Blair's Commission on Africa:
The AlternativesCommission on AfricaDavid Miller
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NEW POSTING IN CONFERENCE PAPERS
REPORT ON VARIOUS WORKSHOPS ON DEBT AT THE WORLD SOCIAL
FORUM 2005, IN PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL,
FROM 26 TO 31 JANAURY, 2005.
The World Social Forum 2005 which took place at Porto Alegre,
Brazil, had over 2,500 scheduled events by some 4,000 organisations
from 112 countries. The number of participants was approx.
119,000. The Forum began and ended with a Peace March which
gathered together thousands of people all expressing in different
ways their deep desire for world peace. While the WSF is a
wellspring of alternatives, the process of discussion that
generates them is more important than the alternatives themselves.
Read
Here
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NEW POSTING IN CONFERENCE PAPERS
REPORT ON VARIOUS WORKSHOPS ON DEBT AT THE WORLD SOCIAL
FORUM 2005, IN PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL,
FROM 26 TO 31 JANAURY, 2005.
The World Social Forum 2005 which took place at Porto Alegre,
Brazil, had over 2,500 scheduled events by some 4,000 organisations
from 112 countries. The number of participants was approx.
119,000. The Forum began and ended with a Peace March which
gathered together thousands of people all expressing in different
ways their deep desire for world peace. While the WSF is a
wellspring of alternatives, the process of discussion that
generates them is more important than the alternatives themselves.
Read
Here
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)-
What
are they?
Meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in 2000,
world leaders made a commitment to eradicate poverty, promote
human dignity and equality and achieve peace, democracy and
environmental sustainability.
Read
Here
Why not download and print off this poster!
Download
here pdf format |
NEW
No Progress on Debt Cancellation at the G7, IMF and World Bank
Spring Meetings April 15-17 2005
Read
Here
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NEW
'Developing Country Debt Cancellation - Opportunities and Obstacles'
Coalition puts pressure from within for Finance Minister to
take stand on IMF Gold Sales - 28 April 2005
Read
Here
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NEW
Accountability to the Oireachtas and the Public on Ireland's
Participation in the IMF and World Bank.
Coalition critical of Irish Government not meeting legal
obligations - Annual Report no substance. - 28 April 2005
Read
Here
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'Multilateral Debt
Cancellation: A briefing'
The IMF and World Bank are now major creditors of poor countries.
This new paper written by Sony Kapoor for Debt and Development
Coalition Ireland shows why cancellation of multilateral debt
would
be a very effective way of making resources available for
development'.
Read
Here
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 by
Sony Kapoor
Jubilee Research
At the New Economics Foundation
for
Debt and Development Coalition
ww.debtireland.org
September 2004
Read
the full report with graphics
pdf format 203kb
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Research published by
DDCI proves that the IMF and World Bank do have the resources
to cancel all the debt owed to them by the poorest countries.
The report clearly shows that rather than being poverty stricken
as they vigorously claim, the IMF and World Bank are richly
endowed with huge reserves. In addition they earn enormous profits
each year. The World Bank profits have increased from $1.2bn
in l996 to $5.3bn in 2003.
Read
Here
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 NEW
- Debt Mapping Brochure
The brochure offer people 'windows' into the debt
crisis, each window or panel gives an insight into the
various layers of the debt issue.
The brochure also offers a poster, a time line
of where it came from, where it is at, and what we are looking
for now in the campaign.
It is a much sought after resource for people wanting a handy
yet informative easy to read overview of the debt crisis.
If you would like a printed version
of the brochure contact the Education and Campaigns Desk.
To view, read, or print this brochure from your browser, click
below.
Debt
Mapping Brochure
Information Leaflet
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Papers from Public Seminar
'Whose Rules Rule? The IMF and World Bank at 60'
Organised by Debt and Development Coalition
Dublin, 22nd June 2004
Depoliticising Development: Promoting Choiceless Democracies
Andy Storey (Afri, and Centre for Development Studies Centre,
UCD)
Read
Here
Struggling to be heard - Democratising the World Bank and
IMF
Presentation by Olivia McDonald, Christian Aid UK
Read
Here
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Papers
- Briefing Papers
'Irish government's report on its participation in the World
Bank and IMF during 2003:
a Response from the Debt Development Coalition.
Read
Here
The government's
report can be found at www.finance.gov.ie
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