Sovereign Debt, Europe & The Global South
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Overview
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Background Information11 Topics
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1. What is debt? What is sovereign debt?
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2. Is having high levels of sovereign debt always a bad thing?
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3. What causes a debt crisis?
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4. The Bretton Woods decades
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5. The first global sovereign debt crisis
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6. Sovereign Debt Crisis in the Global North
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7. The New Debt Crisis
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8. Resolving debt crises (1): what are the options?
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9. A: The Neoliberal Approach to Resolving Debt Crises
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10. Resolving debt crises (2): conditionalities, structural adjustment & economic recovery
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11. Debt: A Guide to Further Reading
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1. What is debt? What is sovereign debt?
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Endnotes
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References
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Interactive learningDeepen your knowledge1 Quiz
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Training materialExercises for group activities4 Topics
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At the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the size of a country’s vote is related to its:
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In 2019, how many more countries of the world were spending more money on debt repayments than healthcare?
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What is a debt jubilee?
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What is external sovereign debt?
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In which of the following circumstances are high sovereign debts problematic from a social justice point of view? Tick all that apply.
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The _______ school of thought sees balanced government budgets as inherently good, and advocates minimal government spending and accumulation of debt, and that contravention of these principles is the reason why debt crises happen.
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Which of the following are reasons why some governments might have very high debt?
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Which of the following former French colonies was forced to pay reparation to France when the country gained independence, as a payment for France’s ‘lost’ slaves?
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Most interest on sovereign debt is paid by Sub-Saharan countries to which type of lender?
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Debt justice advocates want to see a multilateral Debt Workout Mechanism hosted by:
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