debt relief

Aid effectiveness

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:29:44 +0000

Two big issues seriously affect poor countries’ chances of beating poverty. One is the amount of aid they get. The other is the amount of debt they repay.

Rich countries’ aid figures drop for second straight year

Frances Simpson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:52:17 +0000

Emergency plans needed to get back on track.

Vulture fund must not take cash from Zambia, say campaigners

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:43:52 +0000

In what is likely to be a welcome surprise to Zambia, the Royal Courts of Justice today ordered that the country should pay a much-reduced sum (to be decided next month) to US compan

Oxfam and Jubilee call for action as Vulture swoops on Zambia’s cash

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:15:43 +0000

An investigation by Oxfam and Jubilee Debt Campaign has exposed how a US company known as a ‘vulture fund’ is trying to make a huge profit from one of the poorest countri

G7 ignore aid promises to Africa

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:22:06 +0000

Oxfam's response to G7 ministers meeting.