Sierra Leone: Ebola debt to IMF contributes to big cuts in public spending
In November the IMF agreed a new $172 million loan programme with Sierra Leone, spread over the next 3 and a half years, until mid-2022. At the same time, the…
In November the IMF agreed a new $172 million loan programme with Sierra Leone, spread over the next 3 and a half years, until mid-2022. At the same time, the…
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…
• 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…
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.…
Leading civil society organisations in Mozambique have launched a scathing attack on the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority for dropping its criminal investigation into Credit Suisse over secret loans given in…
Debt Week is a nationwide week of action against the growing debt trap faced by people, families and communities across the UK. From Saturday 27 October to Sunday 4 November…
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…
Celebrate with us in Birmingham on Saturday 29 September Join us for a day of remembering the successes of the debt justice movement over the last twenty years and learn…
• New President Julius Maada Bio says he has inherited a debt crisis • 73% of Sierra Leone’s debt is owed to multilateral institutions • Jubilee Debt Campaign warned that…
Twenty years ago today, as a wide-eyed 16 year old, I went on my first ever protest. Travelling to Birmingham with a group from my church, we joined 70,000 others…