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…
This is a guest post by Sunit Bagree, Senior Campaigns Officer, Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), based on a talk given at the Jubilee Debt Campaign event ‘Breaking the chains: 1998…
Currencies fall by average of 9% against the dollar in 2018 Future borrowing costs up 1.4 percentage points Future borrowing costs for many global South governments have continued to rise,…
• 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…
Liam Fox, Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have all criticised the costs of PFI schemes in the UK, yet their departments are all actively promoting similar schemes in…
Commenting on the increase in US Federal Reserve interest rate, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign said: “The debt problems of many developing countries will worsen as this…