Recent Reports on Debt

NGO responds to UK paper on conditionality- Dec 04
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/article.shtml?cmd[126]=x-126-83004

The World Bank policy scorecard: The new conditionality?-dec 04
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/article.shtml?cmd[126]=x-126-84455

Why the Odious Debt Proposal is likely to stay in cold Storage. IMF - dec 04
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2004/12/pdf/straight.pdf

Oxfam: Poor Are Paying the Price of Rich Countries' Failure - dec 04
http://www.oxfam.com/eng/pr041206_MDG.htm

Norwegian plan of action for global debt relief - NOVEMBER 04
This short paper details the principal facts, figures and policy highlights of the Norwegian Government’s plan of action to tackle global debt relief.
Norway was the first OECD country to advocate 100 % debt cancellation for heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs)
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CAFOD: To lend or to grant?: a critical view of the IMF and World Bank’s proposed approach to debt sustainability analyses for low-income countries- NOVEMBER 04
A new report by CAFOD critiques the new framework for debt sustainability developed by the IMF.

The IMF, Gold Sales and Multilateral Debt Cancellation
September 2004. A new report for Debt and Development Coalition Ireland which argues fo the gradual sale of IMF gold that would not affect gold prices and which should be used for multilateral debt cancellation.

Conditionality: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
A new report by Bretton Woods Project highlights the most recent concerns over the conditions attached to loans made by the IMF and World Bank.

Zambia Condemned to Debt
A recent report from World Development Movement outlines the damaging effects conditions attached to laons have on Zambia.

Can the World Bank and IMF afford to cancel 100% of Poor Country Debt? Comissioned from Jubilee Scotland sister organisation Jubilee Research by Debt and Development Coalition Ireland.

Struggling to be heard. A report by Christian Aid on democratising the World Bank and the IMF.

Debt and the Millennium Development Goals. A joint report from CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Eurodad.

The Real Progress Report on HIPC. A report by Jubilee Research to counter balance the World Bank and IMF's own version.