Full Coverage: Debt

04/26/2006 Attac-ryhmän mukaan kehityksen supervuosi 2005 näyttää muodostuneen kulisseista. Irakille annetut velkahelpotukset kaunistivat myös Suomen kehitysapumäärärahojen tilastoja, todetaan tuoreessa kansalaisjärjestöjen raportissa.

04/26/2006 Faced with a new crisis in the rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating legislation to punish erring MFIs and asking banks to enforce a code of conduct on them.

04/25/2006 Indian NGO Navdanya has said that the package announced by the Indian government to prevent farmers's suicides - that seeks to increase the flow of credit into rural areas - will only lead to more frustration and suicides among farmers. Navdanya's assumption is based on the fact that capital intensive agriculture is pushing farmers into debt and suicides.

04/04/2006 Sustained pressure from campaigners has helped win $37 billion of cancellation of poor countries' debts to the World Bank and prevent unacceptable delays in delivering the cancellation, a debt campaign group said.