Details of debt relief for Ebola countries not yet agreed
G20 announces $300 million of loans, debt relief and grants from IMF, but details of how to do so are being debated over coming weeks At the G20 summit on…
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…
Ghana in talks with IMF as debt problems deepen
Ghana is to hold negotiations with the IMF in September on a new loan programme following a fall in the currency which has increased the level of debt payments. Under…
Global Jubilee representatives meet Pope Francis
Members of the global jubilee movement this week met the Pope and senior Cardinals. Representatives of the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad), the Caribbean Debt Network,…
Lending boom as IMF and World Bank account for almost half of loans
Figures released by the World Bank have revealed that lending to low income country governments is booming, increasing by 30 per cent in just one year. Almost half of the…
Break of debt pledge stops development goals from being met
Several developing countries, including Jamaica, El Salvador and Pakistan, are failing to meet international development goals after rich countries reneged on a pledge to deal with their debts. Moreover, unjust…
Life and debt: Global studies of debt and resistance
Report investigating the impact of debt and austerity, and campaigns for justice, in Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Jamaica, Latvia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal and Tunisia. Download Life and debt: Global…
Outrage as Vince Cable refuses to respond to Kenyan campaigners
Business Minister Vince Cable has refused to respond to concerns raised by the Kenyan Debt Relief Network (KENDREN) about the legitimacy of Kenya’s debt to the UK. Kiama Kaara, Senior…
