Most states know that without widely understood and accepted international laws and principles it would be harder to resolve their disagreements peacefully.
- Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
The World Bank Group’s integration process must at least maintain the current independence, accessibility and effectiveness of its three accountability mechanisms.
The sad truth is that African countries cannot avoid being harmed by the current Gulf war. But they can make efforts to emerge from the crisis in a better place.
The G20 2025 declaration issued in Johannesburg will be just empty words unless the endorsements are turned into action.
L’Afrique fait face à une crise de la dette qui étouffe son développement : le G20 offre une fenêtre rare pour agir
South Africa can continue to advocate for its G20 presidency priorities beyond its 2025 term.
Multilateralism is under severe strain. Does the G20 still have a role in this changing landscape?
The International Court of Justice case on climate change has implications for countries negotiating debt deals.
Assimiler Afreximbank et les banques de développement comme des créanciers commerciaux risque d'affaiblir leur soutien au développement durable en Afrique.
Treating Afreximbank and the Trade and Development Bank as commercial creditors would reduce their capacity to finance sustainable development in Africa.
The G20 has an important role to play in global affairs. But its lack of representation and informal way of working need to be fixed first.
L’efficacité du G20, forum international sur les enjeux économiques et politiques, pourrait être affaiblie par l’approche disruptive de l’administration Trump.
The effectiveness of the G20, an international forum for economic and political issues, may be blunted by the disruptive behaviour of the Trump administration.
Trump’s power is not absolute. It is constrained by the relative decline in US power in the world.
The South African Reserve Bank’s mandate is price and financial stability. It has the tools to identify, analyse and manage these risks, including those linked to climate change.
A two-part new approach to helping countries manage their debt would improve the situation for governments as well as their creditors.
La financiación del FMI está sujeta a duras condiciones que sugieren que las obligaciones de la deuda importan más que las necesidades de los sufridos ciudadanos de Kenia.
Le Kenya n'est pas un cas isolé. Vingt-et-un pays bénéficient du soutien du FMI.
Kenya is not an isolated case. Twenty-one countries are receiving IMF support.
South Africa should encourage the G20 to commission studies on the challenges that the international community faces, and suggest responses.
L'Afrique doit défendre plus agressivement ses propres intérêts lorsqu'il s'agit de négocier les conditions de la dette.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
The current approach to debt restructuring has failed Zambia.
The World Bank and IMF need to continue evolving if they are to remain fit for purpose in the 21st century.
The challenge is to ensure that the bank is making decisions on a principled and predictable basis.
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