For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7906 813716 Bondholders will be repaid a third more than government creditors including China and the UK under the restructuring…
The G20 have announced that Chad will not be getting any debt relief through their Common Framework for Debt Treatments.[1] The G20 also failed to agree a statement, including making…
Over 100 economists and development experts have called on BlackRock and other creditors to cancel a significant amount of Zambia’s debt. In an open letter released today, the signatories –…
Over the weekend, China, the UK and other government lenders agreed to negotiate a debt restructuring with Zambia. The move was met with headlines such as “China agrees landmark debt…
Anglican Bishops from around the world today united to call on the UK Government to lead the world in compelling lenders to cancel debts that are plunging communities in low…
Ghanaian civil society organisations have called for Ghana’s debt to be cancelled, rather than an IMF loan bailing out private lenders.[1] In a statement released today they say any IMF…
African governments owe three times more debt to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest, according to research released today by…
Campaigners demonstrated outside BlackRock’s London office on day of annual earnings release BlackRock, the world’s richest asset manager, could make $180 million profit from Zambian debts for itself and its…
Jubilee Debt Campaign has estimated that asset manager BlackRock could make $180 million profit for itself and its clients out of its investment in Zambian bonds if the debts are…
Figures released today by the Zambian Civil Society Debt Alliance and Jubilee Debt Campaign UK show that external private lenders and other governments need to cancel at least two-thirds of…
