Resources in English

Resources in English

Some of SLUGs own material is published in English. Here you will find a list of these with a short introduction, and you can download the pdf files if you wish to do so.

 Is Indonesia's debt to Norway illegitimate?

This report deals with Indonesian environmental and development projects financed by Norwegian development funds and export credits under dictator Suharto's reign in the 90s. The report reveals ambitious plans, failed projects, Norwegian business interests and Indonesian illegitimate debt. It also clarifies the importance of immediately launching a complete review of all outstanding loans to Norway.
 
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Borrow My Pension - The Norwegian Government Pension Fund-Global: A responsible lender?

One fourth of the En fjerdedel av Statens Pensjonsfond - Utland er investert i statsobligasjoner, som er en type lån. Denne delen av Pensjonsfondet er ikke underlagt etiske retningslinjer. Norske oljepenger kan dermed brukes til å støtte illegitime regimer eller formål. Med denne rapporten ønsker SLUG å gi et bidrag til debatten om etikk for statsobligasjoner, og kommer med konkrete forslag til hvordan Norge som eier av SPU bør gå frem.

 
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Unfinished business: ten years of dropping the debt

Jubilee Debt Campaign's tenth anniversary report finds that at least another $400 billion of debt cancellation is needed if the world’s poorest countries are to combat the challenge of global poverty. The report was released on the tenth anniversary of the 70,000-strong human chain in Birmingham on 16 May 1998. It looks back at the seminal events of May 1998 and asks: just how far have we come?


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China in Africa - lending, policy space and governance 

Kinas tilstedeværelse i Afrika er raskt voksende. SLUG har, sammen med Fellesrådet for Afrika, gitt ut en rapport om Kinas rolle som långiver på kontinentet. 

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Why Norway took Creditor Responsibility – the case of the Ship Export campaign (2007)

2. October 2006 Norway cancelled debt on grounds of creditor co-responsibility. What was the background for the move and on what grounds did Norway cancel this debt? Can the move set a precedent for other countries?

 
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The Norwegian hearing on third world debt

In November 2002, the first debt tribunal ever held in the North was arranged in Norway. The Norwegian Peoples Tribunal on Third World Debt wanted to challenge the Norwegian government on its responsibility for the third world debt crisis. The idea of holding a tribunal was inspired by similar tribunals in the South. In this report you find the background for the hearings, the proceedings, the case and the panel’s/ jury’s conclusion. We also ask what should be the next step.
 
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