Debt Sustainability

Eurodad's interventions at the 2nd Preparatory Committee Session for the fourth UN Financing for Development Conference

This week civil society is participating in the Second Preparatory Committee Session for the fourth UN Financing for Development Conference, taking place from 3 to 6 December at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

  • Development Finance
  • Debt Sustainability

New paper: European civil society urges UN-negotiated way out of debt crises

  • Call comes as IMF and G20 fail to take action despite worst ever debt crisis in the global south
  • New paper published today calls on world leaders to focus on discussing reforms at UN Financing for Development process 
  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Resolution
Eurodad
Andre Standing

Sovereign ESG bonds in the global south: 10 questions for those concerned about debt and climate justice

This briefing is organised into ten basic questions. The answers demonstrate not only the complexity of the ESG bond market but also point to several problems with its expansion. 

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability
Ilaria Crotti

Infogram: Ghana and the debt crisis

Ghana passed quickly from being the poster child economy for West Africa to being one step away from losing its access to international capital markets.

  • Debt Justice
  • Global Processes
Daniel Munevar

Social unrest, fiscal adjustment and debt sustainability after Covid-19

Without a human rights-based alternative to austerity, many countries will find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle of self-defeating fiscal adjustments, instability and unsustainable debts.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability

Development Finance Watch - Who benefits from the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility?/ Eurodad Annual Report

#Covid19 #LSF #EIB #G7 #AnnualReport #IMF #GPF #Climate #SDRs

 

  • Devlopment Finance
  • Debt Sustainability
Daniel Munevar

Infogram: Debt, Colombia and Covid-19

Covid-19 has left Colombia in a precarious position. The following infographic highlights why urgent multilateral support is needed to help the country address its debt burden.

 

  • Debt Justice
  • Global Processes
Iolanda Fresnillo

How to get to the bottom of a country’s debts?

Debt audits can be a powerful tool to support civil society engagement in citizen assessment of debt impacts but also to increase citizens’ participation in public finance governance, leading to an increase in accountability and transparency and allowing for the identification of illegitimate debts at the national, regional and municipal level.

Read the briefing in EnglishSpanish, French and Portuguese.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability
Julia Ravenscroft

New report sheds light on structure and holdings of sovereign bonds of developing countries

Research discloses the identity of 501 institutional investors which hold a total of US$ 169 billion in sovereign bonds of 62 developing countries.

  • Debt Justice
  • Global Processes