This paper assesses the dynamics of developing and emerging countries external debt and financial vulnerability. It is argued that, although current account positions do have a role in accumulating external liabilities, developing countries' vulnerability primarily lie in their increasing...

This paper assesses the Aid policy of the European Union. It highlights how this EU Aid provision has been intertwined with the process of fictionalization in two main ways. Firstly, a non-negligible proportion of Aid flows are linked to the promotion of private sector, for-profit activities,...