World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in shackles
Updated: 2025-01-29 15:54:18
On 11th December 2024, while replying to a question in Pakistan's National Assembly, the federal finance minister admitted for the first time that since 2019, and while under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, gas prices increased by a record 840% and electricity tariffs rose over 110 %.
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: Home IV Online magazine Debate Features Documents of the FI Links Reviews section Index Contact us Home Features Ukraine’s Debt : an instrument of pressure and spoliation in the hands of Ukraine Ukraine’s Debt : an instrument of pressure and spoliation in the hands of creditors Sunday 26 January 2025 by Éric Toussaint Tweet Version imprimable In the present article the author focuses on Ukraine’s debt since the 1990s and more particularly in the years after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. It provides answers to several questions . Who are Ukraine’s creditors How much are they owed What do they demand in exchange for their loans What part does the European Union play Why does Ukraine’s integration into the EU go against the Ukrainian people’s interests What is done with frozen