Reaction to G20 debt suspension and ‘common framework’
Jubilee Debt Campaign says failure to cancel debt and include private creditors shows disregard for scale of global South debt crisis which will leave poor countries paying $3 billion a…
Rise in value of IMF’s gold could help fund developing country debt cancellation
Press release for immediate release 12 October 2020 Profit from selling less than 7% of the IMF’s gold could fund cancellation of all debt payments by the poorest countries to the…
EVENT: Join the virtual MP lobby 2020
Lobby your MP to stop poorer countries being faced with an impossible choice: saving lives or repaying debt. Join our virtual MP Lobby The coronavirus pandemic has turned our world…
Poor country debt payments soar to highest level since 2001
Jubilee Debt Campaign launches new Debt Data Portal showing: Average developing country external debt payments increased by 115% between 2010 and 2020 52 countries are now in debt crisis Figures…
Guide to understanding and accessing debt information
This guide, available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese aims to help civil society organisations, journalists and interested citizens find and understand information on government debt. Accessing information is vital to…
Press release – G20 debt failure will lose poor countries billions each month
G20 Finance Ministers today discussed the progress of their Debt Service Suspension Initiative. Ahead of the meeting campaigners have been calling for cancellation of debt payments, including measures to require…
Passing the buck on debt relief: New briefing on the G20
This joint briefing with Christian Aid, Global Justice Now and Oxfam, issued ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, shows that despite the G20 debt service suspension, many of the…
$11 billion of IMF loans are bailing out private lenders
New research from Jubilee Debt Campaign shows how IMF loans to 28 highly indebted countries are enabling debt repayments to private lenders during the Covid-19 crisis The figures are released…
Gleneagles 15 years on: The last debt cancellation
Last week marked week marks 15 years since the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, when leaders of the world’s richest countries agreed debt cancellation for many of the world’s poorest heavily indebted countries. This hard won victory was…
Reaction to industry body proposal for voluntary debt payment suspension
Reacting to the Institute of International Finance proposal on a voluntary debt payment suspension to private lenders launched today, Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Jubilee Debt Campaign said: “Any…