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Responding to reports that former Mozambique Finance Minister Manuel Chang has been arrested in South Africa in relation to the $2 billion secret debt deals, Tim Jones, policy officer at…
Interest rates on new developing country borrowing increased by an average of 2.2 percentage points over the course of 2018. Yields on low- and lower-middle income country debt, calculated by…
• Caribbean disaster insurance scheme receives $293 million in premium payments and grants, pays out $131 million in claims, with $105 million going as profit to global insurers • Figures…
Reacting to reports that the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has dropped its criminal investigation into Credit Suisse’s loans to Mozambique, Tim Jones, policy officer at the Jubilee Debt Campaign said:…
Commenting on the news that Pakistan is to request a $7 billion bailout from the IMF, Tim Jones, economist at the Jubilee Debt Campaign said: “Pakistan has received IMF bailout…
• Debt problems on the African continent are increasing, with external government debt payments doubling in two years • The private sector is the largest source of loans, accounting for…
Photo opportunity: 100 people unfurling banner saying ‘Break the chains of debt’ in Birmingham Cathedral grounds, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2QB from 14:15 to 14:45 on Saturday 29 September. On…
Responding to the decision by the Bank of England to raise its’ base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “Poor wage growth…
Jubilee Debt Campaign analysis shows 31 countries now in debt crisis, up from 27 in 2017 and 22 in 2015 A further 82 are at risk of a debt crisis…
The EU Court of Auditors have released a report today which says that “EU co-financed Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) cannot be regarded as an economically viable option for delivering public…