The increasing global South debt crisis and cuts in public spending
In this 11-page briefing we analyse how the debt payments of 63 countries in the global South have increased and are projected to increase. We also look at how public…
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Sovereign debt crises: Stop bailing out reckless lenders
Briefing available in English, French and Spanish In this briefing 34 civil society organisations set out how IMF loans are used to bail out reckless lenders. They call for the…
Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs
Briefing: Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs The UK is in the grip of a consumer debt crisis. As at April 2019, households owed…
Transparency of loans to governments: The public’s right to know about their debts
This briefing is also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Jubilee Debt Campaign is today launching a briefing with 43 regional organisations and networks on the need for new mandatory rules…
Shine a light on loans to governments: MP briefing
This one-page briefing summarises our campaign to make loans to governments transparent, including the measure the UK parliament can pass to make this happen.
Guide to meeting your MP on secret debts
This four-page guide gives you the information and skills you need to meet your MP to discuss our campaign to stop loans to governments being given in secret.
Don’t owe, shouldn’t pay: The impact of climate change on debt in vulnerable countries
This new briefing ‘Don’t owe, shouldn’t pay: The impact of climate change on debt in vulnerable countries‘ analyses the impact of climate change on debt in vulnerable countries, particularly small states.…
Africa’s growing debt crisis: Who is the debt owed to?
This research briefing investigates who African governments’ external debt is owed to, and whether loans from China are as large a portion of the debt as has been recently claimed…
The case for a household debt jubilee
This briefing makes the case for writing off around £40 billion of ‘unjust’ household debt in the UK. A decade since the onset of the global financial crisis, outstanding household debt…
Ten key facts about debt in the UK
Since the global financial crisis of 2007-08, debt has been one of the main issues facing the UK economy, from the private sector debts which caused the crisis, to the impact…