Full Coverage: Debt

26.04.2006 Attac-ryhmän mukaan kehityksen supervuosi 2005 näyttää muodostuneen kulisseista. Irakille annetut velkahelpotukset kaunistivat myös Suomen kehitysapumäärärahojen tilastoja, todetaan tuoreessa kansalaisjärjestöjen raportissa.

26.04.2006 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.

25.04.2006 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.