Skip to main content

Banking

Hidden view

Betrug, Mosambik, Kreditbetrug

Article as analysis

Every bad loan is one too many

Many poor countries are indebted to major Swiss banks. Instead of debt service, they could now be using their funds to manage the health and social policy aspects of the pandemic. Banks should now provide generous loan write-offs.

InfoDoc Dossiers

Online articles

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

Mongolia asks IMF for rescue loan

Multimedia

Referenz-Webseiten

Library

Wer schützt die Welt vor den Finanzkonzernen? : die heimlichen Herrscher und ihre Gehilfen / Jens Berger

Crashed : wie die Finanzkrise die Welt verändert hat / Adam Tooze

Electronic document

Blended finance in the poorest countries : the need for a better approach / Samantha Sttridge, Lars Engen ; Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Article collections

Politics and general pages

Betrug, Mosambik, Kreditbetrug

Article as analysis

Every bad loan is one too many

Many poor countries are indebted to major Swiss banks. Instead of debt service, they could now be using their funds to manage the health and social policy aspects of the pandemic. Banks should now provide generous loan write-offs.

Political article

Switzerland at the heart of SDG financialization?

According to the UN, there's a funding gap of 2,500 billion $ per year to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Raising this money will require private sector involvement – this is the current political consensus. Switzerland's financial centre positions itself.

Klimaallianz Schweiz

Climate stress test for the Swiss financial centre

The Swiss National Bank’s investments contribute to a catastrophic temperature rise of 4-6 degrees. On the occasion of the General Assembly on 27 April, the Climate Alliance calls for a climate stress test and publishes concrete recommendations.

Topics