The world is facing an unprecedented crisis. As Covid-19 spreads across the globe it threatens to disproportionately hit developing countries.
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Is ODA up to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic?
On 16 April 2020, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the preliminary statistics on Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2019.
- Aid Effectiveness
- Covid-19
What’s needed from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue? Climate Finance! When is it needed? Now!
“Climate disruption is approaching a point of no return [...] We must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption.”
- Climate Finance
G20 debt service suspension: A response not fit for purpose (II)
This second part of our two-part blog series provides an assessment of the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative announced last week. Part I analyses the impact of the proposal on fiscal responses to Covid-19. Part II places the initiative in the context of the broader economic costs of the crisis for developing countries.
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19
G20 debt service suspension: A response not fit for purpose (I)
This blog series of two parts will provide an assessment of the G20 debt service suspension initiative announced last week. Part I analyses the impact of the proposal on fiscal responses to Covid-19. Part II places the initiative in the context of the broader economic costs of the crisis for developing countries.
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19
Six things you should know about Covid-19 and debt for developing countries
As the world grapples with responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, this blog explores the key issues for countries in the global south.
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19
IMF Debt Relief: Implications for developing countries
On 13 April, the IMF announced an initiative to provide debt relief for a selected group of 25 countries.
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19
Covid-19, deuda pública y sistemas de salud en el sur global
El costo humano y económico de la crisis causada por COVID-19 es un claro recordatorio de la fragilidad de nuestra sociedad globalizada.
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19
Debt relief must deliver on ambitions
The IMF and WB are calling on the G20 to support debt relief for impoverished countries in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak. But the institutions must break with the past to ensure debt relief fulfils its purpose.
- Debt Justice
- Debt Resolution
Lebanon’s sovereign default: Turning misfortunes into opportunities
This is a guest blog on behalf of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) by Dr Hassan Sherry, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Economics, Lebanese American University
- Debt Justice
- Covid-19