Head of the IMF responds to your messages
Thousands of us wrote to Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the IMF, with the message that it's time to bail out people not banks. Her response falls short and the…
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Debt payments have devastating effects on public spending
In Chad, pregnant women are putting off going to important but expensive health check-ups, and their families are paying over a third of a month’s income upfront to get through…
Mozambique sues in UK to cancel debt in secret loan case
Case brought by the government of Mozambique also seeks damages from Credit Suisse and shipbuilding company Privinvest Credit Suisse given deadline of 21 January to file and serve their defence…
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Take part in one of the world's most iconic half marathons for a good cause
Poor countries cut public spending, debt payments treble
Figures calculated by Jubilee Debt Campaign from IMF and World Bank data show that growing debt burdens are contributing to public spending cuts For the 15 countries spending over 18%…
Reaction to Russian bank suing Mozambique in London
Campaigners say people of Mozambique should not have to pay one cent in debt arising from secret loans Reacting to reports that Russian State bank VTB has filed a case…
Response to the IMF response on bailing out reckless lenders
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has publicly responded to our research, launched yesterday with 34 other civil society organisations, that $93 billion of IMF loans are being used to bail…
The IMF is spending $93 billion bailing out reckless lenders
New research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries, without any debt…
We support the climate strike: climate justice means debt justice too
It is horrendously unjust that people who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are suffering from the greenhouse gas emissions of rich people and countries.
Argentina debt crisis inevitable failure of IMF bailout
IMF broke own rules to agree loans last year without a debt restructuring taking place By bailing out reckless lenders, the IMF repeats the same mistakes it made in Greece…