Pourquoi les ministres africains ne devraient pas gérer les obligations: Les Eurobonds (euro-obligations), c’est-à-dire les dettes libellées en devises étrangères, sont devenues un moyen rapide et attractif pour les pays africains d’emprunter de l’argent. Elles sont à l’origine d’une forte augmentation des emprunts commerciaux en pourcentage de la dette extérieure totale : celle-ci a presque …
Ukraine: the UK is failing to meet its obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention: In the week that followed Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, the UN recorded hundreds of peoples’ deaths, and over 1 million refugees sought protection in neighbouring countries. The intensification of the conflict indicates that these numbers, and the pain and suffering …
COP26 deal: how rich countries failed to meet their obligations to the rest of the world: Skye Hohmann/Alamy Stock Photo COP26, the recently concluded UN climate change conference in Glasgow, marked a critical turning point in global politics. From now on, the issue of climate justice will be unavoidable for rich countries. The Glasgow Climate …
Collateralised loan obligations: why these obscure products could cause the next global financial crisis: On the money? Sean Pollock/Unsplash, CC BY-SA At the heart of the global financial crisis of 2007-09 was an obscure credit derivative called the collateralised debt obligation (CDO). CDOs were financial products based on debts – most notoriously, residential mortgages –which …