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offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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offsite link Labour MP: Cutting off a Woman?s Breasts ?Drastically Improves Well-Being and Saves Lives? Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:00 | Will Jones
Male Labour MP Alex Sobel has said the NHS should stop using "gendered language" when treating pregnant women, adding that cutting off a woman's breasts "drastically improves well-being and saves lives".
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offsite link What?s the Point of the Latest Ukraine Escalation? Sat Nov 23, 2024 09:00 | Eugyppius
The world is closer to nuclear war than at any point since the Cuban missile crisis. And to what end, asks Eugyppius. Merely to "send a message" to North Korea, it appears.
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offsite link Trump?s Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright: Climate Denier Or Energy Pragmatist? Sat Nov 23, 2024 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
Chris Wright is a 'climate denier', screamed the headlines. Trump's Energy Secretary pick is certainly sceptical about the 'climate crisis', says Tilak Doshi. But that's because he wants to lift 7bn people out of poverty.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sat Nov 23, 2024 00:07 | Will Jones
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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Matt Hancock has admitted "do not resuscitate orders" were "wrongly applied" during Covid and should be "reviewed" ? but defended lockdown and said its supporters need to "unite" to defeat sceptics.
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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N°109 Fri Nov 22, 2024 14:00 | en

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Global Growth Remains Low Amidst Debt Concerns, War and Inflation, Says IMF

category international | economics and finance | press release author Thursday April 06, 2023 21:05author by Jubilee USA Network Report this post to the editors

Global Growth Remains Low Amidst Debt Concerns, War and Inflation, Says IMF

The challenges to the global economy and slow economic growth will continue this year, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Delivering her traditional “curtain raiser” speech before the opening of the IMF and World Bank Spring meetings, she anticipated a 3% growth this year, below 3.4% last year.

“The IMF is reporting bad news for wealthy and poor countries,” said Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA Network. LeCompte monitored IMF policies for more than a decade. “The vulnerable are struggling with the pandemic, inflation and rising food prices.”

For the poorest countries, the IMF chief sees higher debt payments and lower demand for what they export. This could fuel further hunger and poverty increases.

Sixty percent of low-income countries and a quarter of emerging economies are at or near debt crises. Since February the IMF initiated, alongside the Indian Presidency of the G20 and the World Bank, a Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable to resolve disagreements that stall debt relief processes.

“While more countries face debt crises, we still don't have a fully functioning debt relief process,” noted LeCompte. "Developing countries need debt relief and access to more resources."

Georgieva called for donor countries to address funding shortfalls so the IMF maintains capacity to provide interest-free loans to the poorest members.

Watch the curtain-raiser speech here:
https://www.imf.org/en/live?_slide=CR-SM23

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