Why the Popular Movement in Argentina Against the Debt and the IMF Is Important
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Why the Popular Movement in Argentina Against the Debt and the IMF Is Important

The “financial vultures” who are tightening the noose of indebtedness in order to gain still greater advantages at a historic moment when humanity is suffering sanitary, humanitarian and ecological disasters, must be denounced.

In State That Drove Laws Guaranteeing Info & Work, New Law to Hold Govt Accountable Is Put on Hold
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In State That Drove Laws Guaranteeing Info & Work, New Law to Hold Govt Accountable Is Put on Hold

In Rajasthan, a demand grows for India’s first law meant to hold government officials responsible for negligence, inaction and delay in delivery of services. Congress chief minister Ashok Gehlot had promised the legislation more than 3 years ago, but the bill yet to be passed.

The IMF’s Agreement With Argentina Could Prove a Game-Changer
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The IMF’s Agreement With Argentina Could Prove a Game-Changer

A new draft agreement between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund has eschewed austerity. It will allow the Argentine economy to grow while the government continues its efforts to reduce poverty and gradually bring down inflation.

Budget 2022-23 What Is in it for the People, Part V – Proposal for an  Alternate, People-Centric Budget
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Budget 2022-23 What Is in it for the People, Part V – Proposal for an Alternate, People-Centric Budget

If the government partially withdraws some of the concessions / subsidies / transfers of public wealth being given to the rich, and imposes some additional taxes on them, it can raise enough additional revenues to finance a big hike in its social sector expenditures.

Submission to the Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights
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Submission to the Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights

This submission comes at a crucial juncture in Pakistan’s socio-economic history. The Imran Khan government was elected on the manifesto to fight corruption and debt burden. However, it has miserably failed to arrest the galloping public debt and its adverse impacts on the working classes.

Budget 2022–23: What Is in it for the People, Part IV – Budgetary Allocations for Health & Nutrition, and Pensions
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Budget 2022–23: What Is in it for the People, Part IV – Budgetary Allocations for Health & Nutrition, and Pensions

India is actually known as the disease capital of the world. It probably accounted for a quarter of the total corona pandemic deaths. The reason for India’s health crisis—which became so evident to everyone during the second covid wave—is the dismal state of our public health system.