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- Economics, India, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Narendra Modi, Pakistan, Rajiv Gandhi, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, US news, World news
Manmohan Singh obituary
Prime minister of India who brought in economic reforms and forged a new relationship with the USThe distingui…
- Debt relief, Economics, Hedge funds, International Monetary Fund (IMF), South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west | Ahilan Kadirgamar
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s punishing d…
- Banking, Debt relief, Ghana, Inequality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Money, Poverty, Sri Lanka, United Nations, World news
Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth | Letters
The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Business, Chad, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, United Nations, World news
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and ap…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Economics, Global economy, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan’s fresh £580m loan from China intensifies debt burden fears
Loan is on top of £25bn that cash-strapped Islamabad already owes Beijing and Chinese commercial banksChina ha…
- Belt and road initiative, Business, China, Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
IMF offers Sri Lanka provisional $2.9bn loan to tackle debt crisis
Funding still needs to be approved but could offer breathing space amid country’s economic turmoilThe Internat…
- Bangladesh, Business, Economics, Global development, International Monetary Fund (IMF), South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh to hold talks with IMF after applying for bailout
Dhaka is understood to be seeking $4.5bn rescue package after being hit by high import costs and falling expor…
- Debt relief, Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
There is a global debt crisis coming – and it won’t stop at Sri Lanka | Jayati Ghosh
Foreign capital flees poorer countries at the first sign of instability. The pandemic and Ukraine war ensure t…
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Sri Lanka is the first domino to fall in the face of a global debt crisis
The south Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by Russia’s war on Ukraine,…
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Closer inspection of UK jobs market reveals economic scars of Covid | Larry Elliott
While the pandemic has not led to a jump in unemployment, its impact on the over-50s and public sector staff i…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Famine, Global development, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic State, South and Central Asia, Taliban
The Guardian view on Afghanistan: a fast-developing disaster | Editorial
As its economy implodes and the food crisis grows, its people feel betrayed. No wonderThe global attention has…
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The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afgha…
- China, Coronavirus outbreak, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International trade, US news, World news
IMF warns of further drop in global growth due to Covid-19
Monetary fund warns the US and China against continuing trade war, saying it could damage coronavirus recovery…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump, Hassan Rouhani, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Iran, Middle East and North Africa, US news, World news
Former world officials call on US to ease Iran sanctions to fight Covid-19
Group of former diplomats and ministers says shifting rules on medical trade could save hundreds of thousands …