Trustees wanted
Deadline for applications: 9am on Wednesday 23 April 2025 This is a voluntary (unpaid) Trustee position, although expenses are available. Debt Justice is looking for new Trustees to join our…
Reaction to Ethiopia bondholders threatening legal action
For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7307 620372 Ethiopia’s ad hoc bondholder committee has criticised the IMF over the fund’s projections for Ethiopia’s exports and other…
Reaction to Development Minister speech on debt
Reacting to minister for development Anneliese Dodd’s speech at the London Stock Exchange today, Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice, said: “The government has rightly made tackling unsustainable debt in…
UK campaign calls for major debt cancellation in Jubilee year
A consortium of charities are today warning that that high debt servicing costs are preventing Global South governments from spending on vital public services such as education and health and…
Bondholders would still make 30% profit from rejected Ethiopia deal
New research released today finds that Ethiopia’s bondholders would still make 30% profit from the government’s proposed debt restructuring deal. The briefing also concludes that IMF debt sustainability targets could…
2025: The year we Cancel Debt, Choose Hope
This year, as we launch the Cancel Debt, Choose Hope campaign, campaigners and activists from all over the world are coming together in the biggest global movement for debt cancellation…
Lower-income country debt payments hit highest level in 30 years
Lower-income country debt payments have trebled in the last decade, according to figures calculated by Debt Justice based on IMF and World Bank data. The calculations show that external government…
A climate finance COP – or a massive flop?
Rising sea levels, tropical storms and droughts aren’t just destroying lives and ecosystems, they are also pushing lower-income countries further into crushing debt. This year’s international climate talks – COP29…
Drowning in Debt: The Climate Finance Failure of COP29
This COP was supposed to be an opportunity for rich countries to finally stump up the bill for their climate debt – to provide adequate, public, grants-based climate finance of…
Debt cancellation – a first step towards reparatory justice
Debt was on the front page of the Guardian in October, when it was reported that No.10 could take action on debt as part of a programme of ‘reparatory justice’.…
