[Quideuaquitarragona] [Qui-deu-a-qui] sobre zimbabwe
olivier c
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dij gen 26 20:41:08 CET 2012
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Sujet: [Gnc] La Grande-Bretagne rejette la demande d'audit de la dette
du Zimbabwe
Date : Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:09:19 +0100
De : Renaud Vivien <renaud a cadtm.org>
Pour : gnc a cadtm.org
Ici un extrait :
"The UK does not support a debt audit, which the (Zimcodd and Zen)
report recommends as a way for discussions of debt cancellation to be
informed by the 'legitimacy' of the original loans. Loans made to
internationally recognised governments are bound by legal contracts and
recognised in international law."
"Attempting after the fact to distinguish between legitimate and
illegitimate debts could cause lenders to refuse to provide further
loans and would be catastrophic for developing countries attempting to
strengthen their economies and reduce poverty through accessing
international financing."
Y'aurait vraiment matière à faire un CP. Reste à savoir qui le fait!?:-)
Bonne soirée,
Renaud
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*HARARE - *UK Development minister Andrew Mitchell has rejected civil
society calls to audit Zimbabwe's $7 billion debt before admitting the
southern African county into the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (Hipc)
initiative.
Hipc is a debt relief programme managed by the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
In a letter seen by the Daily News, Mitchell out-right rejects calls by
the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) and the
Zimbabwe Europe Network (Zen) to conduct an official audit of the $7,4
billion debt to increase accountability over the country's finances and
help give Zimbabwe's people control over their economy.
The two civil society groups, who are spearheading the so-called
"Jubilee Debt Campaign," wrote to the British minister after it emerged
that Finance minister Tendai Biti had engaged the UK embassy in Harare
to work out an arrears' clearance strategy that will see the country
pursue the HIPC route.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF has already thrown down the gauntlet
and warned that they will not allow Biti to get Zimbabwe declared a HIPC
as a debt write-off strategy saying the country was not poor but saddled
with sanctions.
Biti says the $7,4 billion debt was precluding the country from
desperately needed fresh lines of credit and Hipc status will ensure the
debts are written off even though the country will have to adhere to
tough macro-economic conditions prescribed by international finance
institutions.
Zimcodd and Zen had proposed that before declaring Zimbabwe a Hipc, the
Zimbabwean Parliament must first create a "Debt Audit Commission" which
would investigate how the $7,4 billion debt was run up, and who
benefitted from the loans, and learn lessons for future borrowing.
Mitchell said in his January 5, 2012 letter to Zimcodd and Zen, lending
by international donors was not the primary cause of Zimbabwe's economic
decline, which accelerated rapidly after 2000.
"President Mugabe's reckless economic mismanagement bears the major
responsibility for the crisis that reached its nadir in 2008, with
hyperinflation, the near collapse of basic services and a humanitarian
crisis that affected more than seven million people," Mitchell's letter
says.
"The UK does not support a debt audit, which the (Zimcodd and Zen)
report recommends as a way for discussions of debt cancellation to be
informed by the 'legitimacy' of the original loans. Loans made to
internationally recognised governments are bound by legal contracts and
recognised in international law."
"Attempting after the fact to distinguish between legitimate and
illegitimate debts could cause lenders to refuse to provide further
loans and would be catastrophic for developing countries attempting to
strengthen their economies and reduce poverty through accessing
international financing."
Tor-Hugne Olsen, co-ordinator for Zen, was moving to approach the AfDB
president Donald Kaberuka asking him to release all information relating
to Zimbabwe's debt profile.
The Daily News understands the AfDB is taking the lead for creditors in
discussions with Biti on what to do with the country's $7 billion debt.
Biti has contracted a "debt expert" with the assistance of the AfDB to
assist government in formulating an external debt and arrears clearance
strategy which will form the basis for debt relief.
The two civil society groups want the AfDB to release all information
and evaluation of the AfDB loans which helped to create Zimbabwe's $7
billion debt and signal that the bank would support and co-operate with
a debt audit in Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, Mitchell says in his letter the UK government was working
with the international financial institutions and with donors to clarify
Zimbabwe's indebtedness and establish its eligibility for debt relief
under Hipc.
"We support this work and have provided all the information on UK debt
requested by the government of Zimbabwe, as it works through this
process," Mitchell says in the letter.
The British Development minister emphasises in the letter that debt
relief and clearance of Zimbabwe's arrears was an important element in
securing the country's economic stability, "not least because it will
enable Zimbabwe again to access international finance to fund its
development and reduce poverty."
As the coalition government grapples with rebuilding a country ravaged
by more than a decade of economic and political turmoil, it has
indicated that it needs about $8.5 billion in emergency aid to revive
the economy.
"Debt relief to Zimbabwe could of course only be given once the country
has completed its political transition, through free and fair elections
that lead to a reforming government committed to equitable and
sustainable development," Mitchell said in the letter.
Dewa Mavhinga, regional co-ordinator for pro-democracy pressure group
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition said Mitchell had clearly misunderstood the
calls for a national debt audit. "It is not a repudiation of Zimbabwe's
legal loan contracts, but a mechanism to ensure a full measure of
transparency and accountability," Mavhinga told the Daily News.
"The people of Zimbabwe, through a Parliamentary Debt Audit Commission,
have a right to know what loans the government of Zimbabwe acquired; for
what purpose, and whether or not the borrowed money was actually used
for its intended purpose. Zimcodd and Zen are correct to demand a debt
audit before a decision on whether to declare Zimbabwe a Hipc country is
taken."
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