[Quideuaquitarragona] [Qui-deu-a-qui] sobre zimbabwe

olivier c o.chantry a laposte.net
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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By Gift Phiri, Senior Writer
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:59
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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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