G20 falls short on loan transparency
Despite making debt transparency one of the key items for discussion this year, the 20 have failed to take decisive action to improve debt and loan transparency. In the final…
Despite making debt transparency one of the key items for discussion this year, the 20 have failed to take decisive action to improve debt and loan transparency. In the final…
Uganda Debt Network says government has guaranteed $380 million in payments for hospital which was due to cost $250 million The Uganda Debt Network has raised concerns about the financing…
Introduction A fortnight ago in a major victory for our allies The Mozambique Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO), a network of 21 civil society organisations, the Mozambique Constitutional Council ruled one…
In recent weeks there have been several arrests in Mozambique connected to the $2 billion secret loan scandal. This could indicate that the Mozambique government is now more willing to…
The Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, along with the President of the Student Union, the branches of the trade unions UCU, UNITE and UNISON, and the Chaplaincy Group have written to…
The legitimacy of the debt must be challenged and proposals for a public debt audit resuscitated. Dan Ozarow is Chair of Jubilee Debt Campaign’s Academic Advisory Network and member of Action…
Yesterday three former employees of Credit Suisse were arrested in London over $2 billion of odious loans to three state owned companies in Mozambique, given in 2013. The loans were…
In November the IMF agreed a new $172 million loan programme with Sierra Leone, spread over the next 3 and a half years, until mid-2022. At the same time, the…
UK Prime Minister calls for implementation of 2017 guidelines But UK government itself has been unwilling to implement these limited guidelines for loans from UK-based banks and companies G20 governments…
John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has replied to MPs about our campaign to stop secret loans. We are calling for measures to ensure all loans to governments…