New calculations released by anti-poverty campaigners Debt Justice today show that G7 countries are responsible for 51% of external debt payments by lower income countries. On the same basis, China…
Despite making debt transparency one of the key items for discussion this year, the 20 have failed to take decisive action to improve debt and loan transparency. In the final…
In a first for the country, the Philippines has legislated to hold a debt audit into 20 projects to determine the legitimacy of the loans. The audit is part of…
Global debt levels between countries projected to be up 30% in four years, to $14.7 trillion Lending boom to impoverished countries makes them vulnerable to new global crises, 10 years…
I sometimes get asked, ‘If all countries are in debt, then who are they in debt to’? It’s a good question. Have we discovered life on another planet, who are…
