Blog from Jamaica: ‘We are in the same debt trap as the government’
It is 1998, I’m 16 and going on my first large protest. It’s in Birmingham for the Jubilee 2000 demonstration, calling for the G8 group of self-appointed most important countries…
Blog from Grenada: Why the ‘Spice Isle’ has stopped paying its debts
It’s 10:30 at night and I’m trying a short cut through the grounds of an upmarket hotel in Grenada to get to my much cheaper room on the other side.…
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…
Grenada takes brave stand for debt justice
The tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, population 100,000, has stopped paying its £560 million debt. On Saturday, as the IMF and World Bank annual meetings got underway in Washington DC,…
Leaked IMF documents show global opposition to lender’s bank bailout
Leaked minutes of IMF meetings in 2010 show that Argentina, Brazil, India, Russia and Switzerland all argued that some Greek debt owed to private banks should be cancelled before any…
Add your #NotOurDebt photo for Debt Week 2013
TAKE ACTION: Add your #NotOurDebt photo From 8-15 October, as part of Global Debt Week, we’re calling on people across the world to stand in solidarity against unjust debt. Here’s…
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…
NOT OUR DEBT! Global Week of Action 8-15 October 2013
A call to mobilize on October 8 to 15, Global Week of Action Against ILLEGITIMATE DEBT & International Financial Institutions Debt payments, tax avoidance and capital flight are impoverishing people…
US court puts rights of billionaire investors above people of Argentina
Campaigners slam court decision for allowing Argentina to be ‘held to ransom’ by vulture funds.
Ghana debt payments on the rise
Payments could reach 30 per cent of government revenue in 2020s. Ghana has recently been judged by the IMF and World Bank to be at moderate risk of not being…
