The UK’s PPPs Disaster: Lessons on private finance for the world
This briefing sets out the major problems and risks the UK has encountered through its extensive experiment with PPPs, including how they have cost the government more than if it…
The new developing world debt crisis
A new debt crisis has begun in impoverished countries. The UK needs to take responsibility now for the debt contracted under English law. Read the 4 page briefing here Summary…
The fall and rise of Ghana’s debt: How a new debt trap has been set
Read the report (32 pages) or executive summary (4 pages). Independence Arch in Accra, capital of Ghana (Photo: Joe Ronzio/Flickr) Ghana is in a debt crisis. Having had significant amounts of…
The Never-Ending Austerity Story: Why Greece’s third ‘bailout’ changes nothing
The deal signed last July will see Greece lent more money, primarily to meet its debt payments, while even more austerity and privatisation are forced on it.
The new debt trap: How the response to the last global financial crisis has laid the ground for the next
Executive summary also available in French and Portuguese (8 pages). This report (40 pages) and its executive summary (8 pages) investigates the debts owed by countries as a whole – both…
How Europe cancelled Germany’s debt in 1953
The 1953 London Debt Accords show that European leaders know how to resolve a debt crisis in the interests of justice and recovery. Here are four key lessons for Greece’s…
Six key points about Greece’s debt
Greece’s election has delivered a clear rejection of Troika-imposed austerity and the EU’s approach to the crisis. Here are six key points about Greece’s debt. 1) European banks were bailed…
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…
Honest accounts? The true story of Africa’s billion dollar losses
Jubilee Debt Campaign, along with ten other organisations, including Health Poverty Action and the African Forum, has published research which reveals Africa is losing $192 billion every year to the…
Vulture funds: Parliamentary briefing
Parliamentary briefing which sets out the case for why MPs should support Early Day Motion 666, calling on the UK government to: share its experience of legislating on vulture funds…
