The NGO ONE, which campaigns against extreme poverty, welcomed, on Wednesday 15 April, the decision of the G20 Finance Ministers to immediately suspend, for 12 months, the debt service of the poorest countries, as “a vital first step” (see EUROPE B12467A20).
According to ONE, this “will enable those countries to prioritise fighting COVID-19 and to withstand the first wave economic impact of this global pandemic”.
The NGO is now calling for this decision to be extended to the...