Jubilee Debt Campaign welcomes US call for Ebola debt relief
UK government must support expanded debt relief at Brisbane G20 this weekend. Jubilee Debt Campaign has welcomed a call by US officials for emergency debt relief from the IMF for…
Calls on UK government to prevent debt crises
Eighteen organisations from the UK and Global South have written to British Minister for International Development Justine Greening calling for support for a range of measures to prevent debt crises…
Lending boom threatens to create new debt crises
New figures released today predict that current rates of lending could lead to debts becoming unsustainable in many impoverished countries over the next decade, just a few years after some…
Don’t turn the clock back: Analysing the risks of the lending boom to impoverished countries
There is currently a boom in lending to impoverished countries. External loans to low income countries increased by 75% between 2008 and 2012. Lending to sub-Saharan African countries doubled over…
Argentina passes law to establish debt audit commission
Argentina has legislated to create a commission to investigate the origin of the country’s debt, dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. The law states that once…
Team Jubilee help make history at the 2014 Great North Run
A 'Great North Weekend' for Runners and Campaigners
UN votes for rules to stop vulture funds
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to create new legal rules to stop financial speculators like vulture funds from undermining debt restructurings. The motion, passed by 124…
Developing countries propose new global debt rules
Over 130 developing countries have unanimously submitted a proposal to the United Nations calling for new legal rules to stop predatory financial speculators like vulture funds from undermining debt restructurings.…
Jubilee economics: Biblical teaching and financial crisis
This booklet contains six bible studies for Christians and churches on faith and economics. The booklet can be used by discussion groups or individuals. The six studies cover: 1) ‘Good…
Argentina ‘default’ caused by vulture fund greed
31 July 2014 – Argentina has been judged to be in technical default on some of its debts as talks at the end of a 30-day grace period on a…