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A row over who makes the rules on global debt policy could overshadow the need for a new round of debt relief for poor countries at the UN Financing for Development summit in Seville (Photo: Helena Spongenberg)

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As leaders row over process, debt relief is back on the agenda

More than two decades after the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative wrote off over $100bn [€85bn] in developing country sover...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

A row over who makes the rules on global debt policy could overshadow the need for a new round of debt relief for poor countries at the UN Financing for Development summit in Seville (Photo: Helena Spongenberg)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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