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G20, World Bank-IMF, private lenders slammed for debt-creating, self-serving debt solutions
Drum-beating calls for debt cancellation, Asian groups stressed greater burdens on people and planet in the wake of the urgency of public funding for essential services, failed business-as-usual debt solutions, vaccine inequities, economic downturns and the climate crisis.
To the participants of the 2021 Finance in Common Summit: move from commitments to action!
We are peoples and communities of Asia acutely impacted by climate change, caught in the grip of debt, and reeling from the social and economic toll of the Covid19 pandemic and the multiple crises.
Climate campaigners call for an end to public finance of fossil fuels
Climate campaigners in Asia led by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) called on the World Bank today to end its financing for coal, oil, and gas to combat climate change. APMDD Coordinator Lidy Nacpil said: “The World Bank’s time is up. It needs to stop financing fossil…
Mobilize to Demand the IMF to #CancelTheDebt and End the #HumanRightsDeficit
On the occasion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank (WB) Annual Meetings (October 11-17) members of the ESCR-Net Economic Policy Working Group are inviting you to join a
In solidarity: Justice for Sankara!
Martyred Marxist revolutionary and president of Burkina Faso from 1983-1987, Thomas Sankara inspires us all in life and in death. He fought against the plunder of natural resources, and for equality and women’s rights. He remains a fiercely shining beacon in the continuing struggle against debt as…