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The debt crisis
- The basics about debt
- 1. Why should we drop the debt?
- 2. How big is the debt of poor countries?
- 3. Where did the debt come from?
- 4. Hasn't all the debt been cancelled?
- 5. Hasn't the UK cancelled all debts?
- 6. What do countries have to do to get cancellation?
- 7. Where do debt payments go?
- 8. Doesn't corruption make debt cancellation pointless?
- 9. How do we prevent future debt crises?
- 10. What can I do?
- Debt and... papers
- Debt and Women
- Debt and Education
- Debt and Climate Change
- Debt and Public Services
- Debt and Health
- Debt in more depth
- Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative
- Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
- Debt swaps
- Debt institutions
- Debt Sustainability Framework
- Does debt relief work?
- How much debt has been cancelled?
- What's been done with the money?
- But doesn't corruption mean debt cancellation is wasted?
- Where can I find out more?
- Country debt profiles
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Cambodia
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Marshall Islands
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Sierra Leone
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Voices of Southern activists
- Letter from Jubilee Nigeria
- Letter from Uganda
- Letter from Tanzania
- Charity Musamba, Jubilee Zambia
- African NGOs on 2005 debt proposals
- President of Tanzania at Jubilee Debt Campaign conference
- President of Tanzania's message to debt campaigners
- Message from African Debt Campaigners
Act now!
News
- Latest news
- PM urged to call time on global greed
- Bank chief challenged over Haiti debt claims
- Debt Week goes global
- Over 100 million Stand Up and Take Action
- Ecuador delivers historic audit
- End Poverty Now forum
- Off-track on dealing with debt
- Debt and the financial crisis
- Make aid work - and drop the debt!
- New loans are not the answer, G8 told
- Forget Jay Z - it was all about Dropping the Debt
- Over 10,000 chains delivered to UK government
- $347m of Togo's debt cancelled
- Pick Up the Pace: UK responds to campaign
- 1,000 campaigners join Journey to Justice
- Drop the Debt Fast gets under way
- World Bank hosts illegitimate debt roundtable
- Gambia gets $140m debts cancelled
- UK lets World Bank off the hook
- Liberia to enter debt cancellation process
- Stalemate at World Bank and IMF annual meetings
- Debt campaigners hold Global Week of Action
- New figures show extent of vulture fund threat
- North East MPH take part in Great North Run
- Thomas Sankara anniversary to be marked
- Ecuador instigates debt audit
- 2007 news archive
- World Bank to go on trial in India
- Loan sharks resurface at Greenbelt Festival
- Birmingham interfaith group takes message to No. 10
- IMF must seize chance for reform, after failure by World Bank
- Brown government urged to tackle roots of debt crisis
- São Tomé and Príncipe gets debts cancelled
- Illegitimate debt meeting in UK parliament
- Loan sharks stalk Glastonbury
- Vulture still hovering over Zambia
- German G8 fails urgency test
- The impact of debt on women revealed
- Your Voice Against Poverty - 2 June
- European campaigners tell World Bank to cut the strings
- Wolfowitz resigns, but necessary change has only just begun
- Vulture scavenges millions from Zambia
- Vulture's wings clipped by judgment
- G7 told to clear debt skeletons from the cupboard
- Faith leaders urge PM to further action on debt
- Jubilee Congregations and Jubilee Schools schemes launched
- Debt campaigners join World Social Forum
- Call for action on corruption
- Liberia slowly edging towards debt cancellation
- Debt campaigners honoured by Newcastle University
- 2006 news archive
- Sierra Leone gets debt cancellation, finally
- UK must not let World Bank off the hook
- Kyrgyz groups protest about debt cancellation schemes
- Central African Republic pays off old debts
- Haiti starts debt cancellation process
- Debt cancellation for poorest Latin American countries
- Uruguay escapes IMF debt-and-conditions trap
- More countries set for debt cancellation - at a price
- Norway sets standard for rich countries
- UK responding to campaigners on conditions
- Campaigners banned from IMF / World Bank meetings
- Malawi gets debt cancellation
- Nobel winners praise Norway for cancelling debts
- Campaigners call for Latin American debt cancellation
- Afghanistan gets debt cancellation
- Disappointing G8 in St Petersburg
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - one year on briefing
- Paris Club gets red card on 50th birthday
- World Debt Day
- Cameroon gets debt cancellation
- Pressure pays off at World Bank - but further to go
- Renewal of Global Call to Action Against Poverty
- Republic of Congo qualifies for debt relief
- 2004-05 news archive
- Campaigner pressure pays off at IMF
- G8 promises under threat
- Nigeria gets debt cancellation - but at what price?
- Next step on debt secured after frantic negotiations
- Loose ends on debt deal need tying up
- Battles on debt and poverty on eve of UN Summit
- G8 debt deal still not secure
- Burundi qualifies for some debt relief
- IMF leak reveals plans to weaken G8 debt deal
- The G8 stand still on debt when a giant leap is needed
- Debt cancellation for Nigeria agreed in principle
- The G8 and debt cancellation – the facts
- Campaigners force step forward on debt
- Step forward on debt a tribute to campaigners
- When is 100 per cent not 100 per cent?
- Bush & Blair announcement a tiny step forward, when giant leap is needed
- World Debt Day marked around the world
- Rich world fails campaigners' challenges on debt and gold
- Zambia, Honduras and Rwanda get increased debt relief
- Debt campaigners urge gold sales to fund debt cancellation
- Opposition to Wolfowitz's nomination as World Bank President
- Commission for Africa urges further action on debt
- President of Tanzania calls for 100% debt cancellation
- G7 open door to 100% debt cancellation - but don't deliver yet
- Mandela tells G7 to MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
- Canada debt promise puts pressure on G7
- 'Bury the debt' is part of international calls for action
- Debt moratorium for tsunami countries not enough
- Marshall Plan for Africa a 'pipedream' unless debt wiped out
- Brown calls for "full debt relief"
- MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in 2005
- Tsunami debt relief welcome but insufficient
- Call for a fair debt process
- Madagascar receives some debt cancellation
- No debt cancellation at World Bank meetings
Events
- Noise Demo at Lord Mayor's Banquet
- "Don't Owe, Won't Pay": Exploring Sankara's Legacy
- Illegitimate debt meeting in UK parliament
- Events 2008
- Global Debt Week: 12-19 October 2008
- End Poverty Now campaigners forum
- Stand Up and Take Action
- The End of Poverty? special preview screening
- Journey to Justice
- Videos from the day
- Centenary Square programme
- Transport info
- University of Birmingham Conference: 16-17 May
- Special Sunday services in Birmingham
- Unfinished Business launch in parliament: 20 May
- Debt exhibitions in Birmingham in May
- Journey to Justice - Primary Assembly
Media
About JDC
- About Jubilee Debt Campaign
- Sign up for our enews and alerts
- Join or register a local group
- Sign up as a Jubilee School
- Sign up as a Jubilee Congregation
- Our mission
- Breaking the Chains: A vision of Jubilee
- The JDC Board
- Contact us
- Accessibility Statement
- Report on Activities and Finances 2007
Resources
- Reports
- The credit crunch and the debt crisis
- Unfinished business: 10 years of drop the debt
- Enough is enough: The debt repudiation option
- Cut the Strings!
- Tightening the chains or cutting the strings?
- Loose Ends
- In the balance
- If not now, when?
- Call for Change
- Did the G8 Drop the Debt?
- Books
- Call time on global greed
- Global Debt Week, 12-19 October 2008
- A fairer way of dealing with debt
- News and action update
- End Poverty Now Campaigners Forum
- 50 Crucial Days
- News and action update
- Food crisis in Haiti
- Journey to Justice report
- World Debt Day 2008
- Report launch, Tuesday 20 May
- Journey to Justice: Sunday 18 May 2008, Birmingham
- Drop the Debt Fast
Education
- Jubilee Schools Take Action
- About Jubilee Schools
- Jubilee Schools Around the Country
- Ideas for Jubilee Schools
- Noticeboard
- Background Information and Fact Sheets
- Glossary of Terms
- An Introduction to Debt
- The G8 and the Debt Campaign
- It's a Question of Debt
- A Jewish View of Debt and the Jubilee
- Some Islamic Perspectives on Poverty and Debt
- Facts, stats and other useful information
- Games and Activities
- The Sticker Game
- Debt Word Search
- Sudoku
- Pity for Poor Africans (1788)
- I was hungry
- The Snake Pits of Debt
- Debt Diamond
- Debt Busters
- Forgive Us Our Debts
- World Debt - What Should Be Done?
- Global Bingo
- President For a Day
- Drama and Role Plays
- The Bigger Issue
- A Child of the World
- Getting Into Debt
- Managing Millions
- The Debt Game
- A Matter of Life and Debt
- The President For a Day Experience
- Presentations
- Debt, poverty and changing the world
- Debt and Health
- Debt and Public Services
- Debt and Climate Change
- Debt and Women
- Debt - the Facts
- The UN Millennium Development Goals
- DVDs and Videos
- Hole in the Bucket
- Drop It!
- Life After Debt
- Hoperaisers
- A Matter of Interest
- 2005 - The Year of Make Poverty History
- Who Rules the World?
- Djourou - a rope around my neck
- Debt, poverty and changing the world
- Debt and Health
- Debt and Public Services
- Debt and Climate Change
- Debt and Women
- The World Can't Wait for Debt Cancellation
- Debt - the Facts
- Where Now on Debt?
- The UN Millennium Development Goals
- Personal Stories and Quotes
- Felistus from Zambia
- Peter from Zambia
- Maria from the Philippines
- Quotes About Debt and Debt Relief
- Quotes About Justice and Taking Action


