Asia

• Financial and trade perspectives on external debt with reference to LDCs and India

  by V. Jacob John

  6 January 2011

  Presented at the CADTM South Asia in Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 9-11, 2010 Introduction Among the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and targets launched by United Nations since 2000, Goal 8 pertains to develop a ‘Global partnership for development between Developed Countries’ (DCs) and Developing Countries (LDCs) assumes great significance as far as the global debt of the LDCs is concerned, in items 8.10 to 8.16. Some of the salient features are as follows: 8.10: Debt sustainability (...)

• CADTM South Asia meets in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  
  by Stéphanie Jacquemont

  17 December 2010

  From 9 to 11 December 2010, a series of activities were attended by delegates of CADTM from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Belgium in Colombo. The monsoon, which usually prevails in this region from May to September, was invited to the party, presumably to remind the importance of COP 16 discussions, which took place at the same time, thousands of miles away in Cancun, Mexico. In short, it rained 8 hours per day. A year after the workshop in Dhaka, it was an occasion to exchange experiences (...)

• 2nd South Asian Workshop on International Financial Institutions and Debt

  Bhutan political crisis, Debt scenario and International Financial Institution

  by Mohan Tamang

  15 January 2009

  Presented by Mohan Tamang, Democratic Youth of Bhutan, 15th Jan 2009

• Debt and challenges to South Asia

  
  by Abdul Khaliq

  10 March 2008

  Debt has become the most important problem for the countries of the developing world. The nations that are the poorest in the world are also the most highly indebted. There cannot be any doubt in the minds of economists, sociologists, political scientists or the general public that debt has become a burden for the poor nations rather than the much-advertised source of financial help to these countries. Therefore, nothing is more important than the debt question. Pakistan, India and (...)

• First regional workshop of the CADTM international network in South Asia : Debt and International Financial Institutions

  
  by Denise Comanne

  30 January 2008

  CADTM’s first South Asian regional workshop was held from Tuesday, 15th January to Thursday, 17th January 2008. 52 delegates from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal convened near Colombo, Sri Lanka for three days .CADTM Belgium also participated in the workshop. Sessions on awareness building (on current economic and political situations, analysis of the World Bank’s evolution, and current state of global alternatives…) combined with very accurate presentations on the impacts of (...)

• First regional workshop on South Asia: Debt and International financial institutions

  18 January 2008

  The first regional workshop of CADTM in South Asia was successfully concluded on January 17th 2008. Fifty participants from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal convened near Colombo in Sri Lanka during three days January 15th to 17th 2008. CADTM Belgium also took part in the workshop. Sessions on awareness building (on current economical and political situation, analysis of the World Bank’ evolution, current state of alternatives in the world…) combined with extraordinarily (...)

• The World Bank and the Philippines

  
  by Éric Toussaint

  15 January 2006

  The Philippines remained a Spanish colony until 1898, when Spain was defeated in a war declared by the United States. Japan then occupied the country during the Second World War. In 1946 the Philippines became independent from the United States that laid down some conditions: a fixed exchange rate between the Philippine peso and the American dollar to protect the United States companies against the effects of devaluation, free trade agreements, etc. At the beginning, everything went easily (...)

• The Debt Tsunami

  30 January 2005

  

• Disaster donations may well end up servicing the Third World Debt!

  
  by Éric Toussaint, Damien Millet

  10 January 2005

  Ever since the earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia on 26th December there has been a profusion of figures in the headlines, increasing remorselessly: the number of victims, the cost of the damage, the amount of international aid. And a succession of meetings involving the major powers: the Jakarta conference, a G7 meeting, a session of the Paris Club ... Let us pause to comment on some little-known facts and figures that should be at the heart of the debate. Eleven countries (...)

• Freedom from Debt Coalition and Jubilee South Statement

  In the face of Debt and Disaster: Long-lasting Relief for the Peoples of the South!

  by Jubilee South

  10 January 2005

  We express our deepest sympathy and solidarity for the peoples of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and many other South countries who are currently suffering from the devastation unleashed by the tsunami last December 26. We cannot overemphasize how profoundly saddened we are by the climbing death toll, numbering over 155,000 as of January 4, the many thousand others missing or injured, the destruction of property, the loss of livelihoods and the widespread dislocation of (...)

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