Publications in english
Here you find the publications on Fair and Transparent Arbitration which erlassjahr.de has been able to translate into English. Some of the documents are only for download.
For more English information please visit one of the following internet sites:
22. Juni 2007
Here you find the publications on Fair and Transparent Arbitration which erlassjahr.de has been able to translate into English. Some of the documents are only for download.
For more English information please visit one of the following internet sites:
Jubilee Debt Campaign: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk
Prof. Kunibert Raffer:...
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05. Dezember 2005
Analysis of the new IMF-Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF)
On Wednesday, November 23rd, the IMF was to approve the "Exogenous Shocks Facility" (ESF).
It will become effective once the G8-debt cancellation, by now called "Multilateral Debt Relief
Initiative (MDRI)", is officially implemented. This facility outlined by the IMF provides loans to
...
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02. März 2005
The World Bank and the IMF are not only important creditors to many countries in the South. Beside their role as sources of lending they play another one, which is equally essential for countries, that depend on foreign capital inflows: They act as “independent experts”, when it comes to negotiations after a country has become unable to service...
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05. August 2004
Critical Discussion of the Approach, its Implications
and Possible Alternatives
Einige Entschuldungskampagnen fordern von den Gläubigern eine
vollständige Streichungs aller Schulden der ärmsten Länder. Das
erlassjahr.de-Arbeitspapier zeigt, dass diese Forderung einige
...
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07. Juni 2004
The BOTOS-Approach proposed in this paper is a direct response to the new operational framework for debt sustainability recently published by the World Bank and IMF.
This paper entails alternatives in two areas:
First, it proposes an alternative mechanism for calculating a sustainable debt level for countries participating in the Heavily Indebted Poor...
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21. April 2004
On Feb. 2nd IDA and IMF staff submitted to their respective boards a paper entitled „Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries – Proposal for an Operational Framework and Policy Implications“ [1]. This paper has been discussed at the IMF board on Feb. 23rd and the results of this discussion has been published in Public Information Notice...
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15. März 2004
A recent FES study written by Jürgen Kaiser and Antje Queck from erlassjahr.de argues that Iraq is a case for applying the “odious debt doctrine” and calls into question the legitimacy of the claims on Iraq.
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12. Januar 2004
The report on the DMFAS conference in Geneva end of last year with a presentation by Kunibert Raffer on the FTAP concept is now online available at:
http://r0.unctad.org/dmfas/meetings1103.htm
DMFAS is the debt managment unit of the UN. They are developing technical tools in the area and supporting debtor governments in that field.
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08. Januar 2004
"FTAP is a half-hearted solution compared to a complete and unconditional
cancellation of a country’s foreign debt."
The opposite is true! A singular complete debt cancellation will certainly
solve an immediate solvency problem. However , most in debt ed countries
are in debt because they find themselves in a structurally disadvantaged...
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14. November 2003
Debt Sustainability and the projections of the Word Bank and the IMF
Financing of national and multilateral development goals
The state of the PRSP process
Topping up of relief at the decision point
Creditor Participation and litigation attempts by individual creditors
Current agreement with the Paris Club and agenda for further...
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13. März 2003
The 27th of February 2003 was the 50th anniversary of the London Debt Agreement
which Germany signed with its international creditors to reduce its debt
burden. The pre and post World War II debt amounted to roughly 30 billion
Deutsch Marks and was reduced to less than 15 billion, with very favourable
conditions of repayment.
Debt...
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20. Februar 2003
Some remarks on counterarguments raised by those who are to benefit
Prominent among counterarguments raised against a Fair and Transparent
Arbitration Process (FTAP) appears the suggestion that such a reform might
actually put the sovereign debtor into a less favourable position, because
such a procedure might make it more difficult to access...
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