This page provides links to our archive of news, updates, reports and briefings.
- First Review under the IMF's Policy Support Instrument for Nigeria
- Zambia introduces free health care
- Emerging markets reduce their debt
- Paris Ministerial Conference
- A new start: Debt relief for Nigeria
- Nigeria's Paris Club deal
- The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
- Global Fund Debt Conversion
- Nigeria's case for debt relief
- Iraq and Nigeria: comparing the case for debt cancellation
Archive of News and Reports
IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review under the Policy Support Instrument for Nigeria
IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review under the Policy Support Instrument for Nigeria
Press Release No. 06/73, April 17, 2006
Zambia introduces free health care
Zambia introduces free health care after debt relief. 3 April 2006. Reuters Health
Emerging markets reduce their debt and claim their independence
March 2006
This briefing explains how and why a number of emerging economies have been paying back their debts to the IMF and rich country creditors. It also examines the role of the IMF and how this might be expected to change in the light of its reduced lending portfolio.
By Helen Kersley
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Paris Ministerial Conference on Innovative Development Financing
Paris, 28th February – 1st March 2006
Advocacy International attended President Chirac’s high-level conference on Innovative Financing for development in Paris, as advisers to the Global AIDS Alliance. Read more about our trip to the Paris conference.
France and Britain agree deal to boost aid. 1st March 2006. The Guardian
French expect support for aid funding. 28 February 2006. Financial Times (UK)
"Activists call on UK and France to end rivalry, and unite to end AIDS holocaust." February 2006
Advocacy International is working with the Global AIDS Alliance to encourage the British and French governments to combine their two proposals for raising funds for development - the Airline Tax and the IFF - to channel these funds to the Global Fund for AIDS, and the Fast Track Initiative for Education.
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A new start: Debt relief for Nigeria
Ann Pettifor tells the inside story of how Nigeria convinced the world it was a good bet for debt relief. February 2006
This story appears in the British government's magazine on International Development- "Developments". The magazine is focusing on Nigeria this month and the article explains the lengths to which the Nigerian government went to persuade creditors to remove $30bn debt from its books.
Nigeria's Paris Club deal on debt
The Status of the Paris Club Deal. January 2006
"This briefing describes the progress that has been made in implementing Nigeria's debt reduction deal with Paris Club creditors, and the steps that remain for full implementation of the debt cancellation. It also examines the benefits of the deal, including how the resources freed up by reduced annual debt service costs will be used for poverty reduction, and how future borrowing will be conducted."
By Helen Kersley
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Finalisation of Paris Club Debt Cancellation with Nigeria. October 2005
This report is the most authoritative analysis of the final debt deal agreed between Nigeria and the Paris Club of creditors on the 20th October, 2005.
By Helen Kersley
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What does the Paris Club debt relief deal mean for Nigeria? July 2005
This report analyses the technical detail of the Paris Club offer of 30th June, in a way that is accessible for most journalists and campaigners.
By Helen Kersley
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The IMF's Share of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
December 2005
This briefing summarises the steps to be taken by the IMF towards putting into practice the multi-lateral debt relief initiative announced at the G8 summit last summer. The IMF announced in December the conditions that will determine a country's qualification for this debt relief
By Helen Kersley
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Global Fund Debt Conversion
July 2005: a joint report from Advocacy International and the Global AIDS Alliance.
This report examines the feasibility of establishing a new financial instrument - a multi-creditor debt conversion instrument - to generate additional resources for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programmes in a select group of debtor nations.
By Ann Pettifor, Conrad Barwa and Paul Zeitz
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View Link to www.theglobalfund.org
Why campaign for debt cancellation for Nigeria? Nigeria's case for debt relief
March 2005
This publication marshals all the arguments in support of Nigeria's case for debt relief.
By Ann Pettifor.
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Iraq and Nigeria: Comparing the Case for Debt Cancellation
October 2004 .
This report argues that there are many parallels between Iraq and Nigeria, and that Nigeria deserves similar debt relief to that offered to Iraq.
By Ann Pettifor
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