A summary of the report "conditionally yours: An analysis of the policy conditions attached to IMF loans"

by Giulia Simula

23 April

The European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD) has published a report on the conditions attached to International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans. All IMF lending programmes come with conditionality attached that requires national governments to implement specific reforms in order to receive (...)

Alternatives to reverse the crisis in Europe

by Eric Toussaint

22 April

This text proposes a series of concrete alternatives to counter the current crisis shaking Europe. It presents nineteen immediate measures that should be taken vis-à-vis finance in general and the banking sector in particular. In addition to these measures, it proposes to socialise the banking (...)

Iceland

Replacing the neoliberal model with a sustainable model

by Lilja Mósesdóttirheld

17 April

Presentation on the Iceland case by Dr. Lilja Mósesdóttirheld at the conference: "TOGETHER we can put an end to the problems of debt and austerity in Europe !” by the European Left, April, 10th, 2014, Brussels

The fourth ICAN meeting: a new step toward the convergence of audit campaigns

by CADTM international

16 April

The International Citizen Audit Network (ICAN)held its fourth meeting in London on March 28th,30th,31st. The conference « life before debt » presented by Jubilee Debt Campaign on the 29th was also an occasion for the members of the network to gather together and discuss the deepening of their own (...)

IMF: a large scale production of cheap apologies

by Leonidas Vatikiotis

15 April

Reports released by the IMF Independent Evaluation Office on 18 March assessed projections for 103 countries over the period 1990-2011 and found, as its detractors had been telling them for decades, that the overall estimates were too optimistic. The Greek case was so blatant that together with (...)

The EU’s response to Tunisia and Ukraine: what help for what democracy?

by Renaud Vivien

14 April

On 16 April 2014 the EP will have the opportunity to change the EC’s loan project which is supposedly to help Tunisia overcome its increasing social and economic problems. MEPs should not miss this opportunity, especially since they did not have their say on the content of the EU’s ’help’ to (...)

Eurodad report shows how IMF lending often makes crisis countries’ situations worse

by Eurodad

11 April

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prepares for its Spring meetings, new research reveals that the number of conditions it attaches to its loans are rising – and they continue to be linked to harsh austerity measures and interfere in sensitive policy areas. Conditionally Yours: An analysis (...)

What’s the alternative ? : Experts from across the world gather to discuss solutions to the debt crisis

par Eurodad

9 avril

As the lion’s share of the world’s nations suffer from austerity policies, politicians, financial experts and civil society activists came together this month for a three-day international conference to discuss alternative ways of tackling the debt crisis. he event – which took place in Brussels (...)

Rowan Williams calls for money lenders to be held responsible

by Jubilee Debt Campaign

9 April

Rowan Williams has criticised a “great deal” of lending by banks and other institutions for being unethical, both in the UK and across the world. Dr Williams was speaking at the Jubilee Debt Campaign conference, ‘Life Before Debt’, held in Central London on Saturday 29 March. The conference, (...)

Rwanda: A look back at the 1994 genocide

by Eric Toussaint

7 April

Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly one million Rwandans – the exact figure has not yet been determined - were exterminated because they were (or supposed to be) Tutsis. Tens of thousands of moderate Hutus were also slaughtered. This was indeed a genocide, that is, the (...)