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…
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…
This briefing sets out the major problems and risks the UK has encountered through its extensive experiment with PPPs, including how they have cost the government more than if it…
A new debt crisis has begun in impoverished countries. The UK needs to take responsibility now for the debt contracted under English law. Read the 4 page briefing here Summary…
Read the report (32 pages) or executive summary (4 pages). Independence Arch in Accra, capital of Ghana (Photo: Joe Ronzio/Flickr) Ghana is in a debt crisis. Having had significant amounts of…
The deal signed last July will see Greece lent more money, primarily to meet its debt payments, while even more austerity and privatisation are forced on it.
Executive summary also available in French and Portuguese (8 pages). This report (40 pages) and its executive summary (8 pages) investigates the debts owed by countries as a whole – both…
The 1953 London Debt Accords show that European leaders know how to resolve a debt crisis in the interests of justice and recovery. Here are four key lessons for Greece’s…
Greece’s election has delivered a clear rejection of Troika-imposed austerity and the EU’s approach to the crisis. Here are six key points about Greece’s debt. 1) European banks were bailed…
There is currently a boom in lending to impoverished countries. External loans to low income countries increased by 75% between 2008 and 2012. Lending to sub-Saharan African countries doubled over…