Indebted Caribbean islands need urgent debt relief
As the devastation from recent hurricanes in the Caribbean becomes clearer, the calls for debt relief for affected countries grows stronger. In Dominica, 98% of the buildings are damaged, with…
As the devastation from recent hurricanes in the Caribbean becomes clearer, the calls for debt relief for affected countries grows stronger. In Dominica, 98% of the buildings are damaged, with…
The IMF has completed the fourth review of its programme in Ghana, agreeing to disburse a further $95 million of loans, taking total loans to $565 million. The IMF has…
The Mozambique Budget Monitoring Forum has lodged a petition with the country’s Constitutional Council challenging the legality of the $850 million secret loan arranged by Credit Suisse to the Mozambican…
A condition of Credit Suisse to get the loans signed off by the Bank of Mozambique was dropped in order for the loans to be given Credit Suisse and VTB…
Much more wealth is leaving the world’s most impoverished continent than is entering it, according to new research into total financial flows into and out of Africa. The study finds…
Research for this report calculates the movement of financial resources into and out of Africa and some key costs imposed on Africa by the rest of the world. We find that the countries…
Twenty-seven countries across the world are in debt crisis, with a further 80 at risk of being so, according to new figures released for World Debt Day on 16 May.…
This short educational resource (12 pages) explains why Ghana is back in a debt crisis a decade after debt relief, and what options the country has now. A new debt crisis…
Ahead of the 2017 general election, Jubilee Debt Campaign have produced a short guide and suggested question for four vital issues: The UK’s role in Africa’s debt crisis The global debt…
Update 26 April: The Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde has responded to this statement here Campaigners in Mozambique have called for secret debts to be cancelled before the…