• An Overview of the Sri Lanka Debt Crisis

    In recent weeks, a large-scale crisis has been in the making in Sri Lanka, and Jubilee Scotland is worried that the institutional response remains insufficient to support the needs of the main victims: the citizens, especially the poorest. Right now, the country is going through its worst financial crisis since its independence, in 1948. This… Take Action

    An Overview of the Sri Lanka Debt Crisis

  • Zambia Vs Black Rock: Sign the petition to #CancelTheDebt

    Zambia is going head-to-head with the largest investment company in the world, BlackRock. For the financial giant, it’s just business as usual, but for the Zambian people, the stakes are much higher.  Zambia is in the middle of a huge debt crisis. Debt payments were already higher than health, education and social spending combined. But… Take Action

    Zambia Vs Black Rock: Sign the petition to #CancelTheDebt

  • Jubilee Scotland and Global Justice Now Protest in the Heart of Edinburgh

    Jubilee Scotland and Global Justice Now joined forces last week to ask BlackRock to cancel or suspend debts between them and Zambia as the country struggles to fund healthcare and education for the Zambian people whilst BlackRock are set to make 110% profit.  The two organisations came together to create a BlackRock pinata that was… Take Action

    Jubilee Scotland and Global Justice Now Protest in the Heart of Edinburgh

  • Jubilee Scotland attend EURODAD conference in Brussels: Reboot the System – Defining Joint Strategies for Economic Justice

    Last week, the Jubilee Scotland team was in Brussels to attend EURODAD’s first in-person conference in almost three years. On June 9th and 10th, allies from all over the world were able to meet, both in Belgium and online.  The European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD) is a network of 52 European NGOs and… Take Action

    Jubilee Scotland attend EURODAD conference in Brussels: Reboot the System – Defining Joint Strategies for Economic Justice

  • What does debt have to do with climate?

    In this time of climate emergency and urgent calls to investment for climate adaptation and mitigation, a question that must not be overlooked is that of debt. Indeed, Jubilee Scotland is worried to see the current debt levels in low-income countries increasing. Many low- and middle-income countries are struggling with slow economic growth and high… Take Action

    What does debt have to do with climate?

  • Jubilee Scotland’s 2022 Campaign: Scotland Against Public Private Partnerships (SAPPP)

    Jubilee Scotland is bringing attention back to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) with the second stage of a campaign to bring them to an end across Scotland. PPPs have saddled the Scottish public sector with debt, poor service, lack of accountability, and unsafe buildings since 1990 when Private Finance Infrastructures (PFIs) were introduced across the UK. … Take Action

    Jubilee Scotland’s 2022 Campaign: Scotland Against Public Private Partnerships (SAPPP)

  • The Issue

    What does debt justice mean? Which countries owe money to the UK? Hasn’t debt cancellation already happened? Find out more about the problems of global debt here.
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    The Issue

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  • The UK COP Presidency hasn’t ended yet, and here’s what we’re doing…

    Here at Jubilee Scotland, we are determined to continue to put pressure on the Scottish Government and private creditors to offer some relief to Global South countries who are suffering at the hands of unjust debt. The UK’s COP Presidency continues until the end of 2022, meaning the Scottish Government’s role as an influential advocate likewise continues.

    The UK COP Presidency hasn’t ended yet, and here’s what we’re doing…

  • Economic Vulnerability as a Basis for Meaningful Debt Relief

    By Jürgen Kaiser on behalf of erlassjahr.de Within past debt relief initiatives, such as the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) or the present G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), creditors have limited their availability to countries that meet a specific set of poverty-indicating criteria, such as a very low income level, and have quite successfully… Take Action

    Economic Vulnerability as a Basis for Meaningful Debt Relief

Banks: Drop the Debt

Jubilee Scotland and our partner organisations Global Justice Now and Christian Aid are calling on private banks with links to Scotland to offer debt cancellation to all countries that need it. In 2020 public debt increased in 108 developing countries, as the pandemic shut down their economies and … [...]

Read our latest report, ‘Rethinking Private Financing’

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Scotland Against Climate Debt

Climate Debt concerns the moral debt between developed countries and the countries and communities that suffer the most from climate change. The ongoing global pandemic has only exacerbated this divide and inundated those already debt-stressed countries with more loans.  While the World Bank and … [...]

Exposing Private Financing in Scotland

Jubilee Scotland is very concerned about the Public Private Partnership problem in Scotland. We want every Scottish party to commit to ending this wasteful way of financing public projects in Scotland! Read our report on the PPP problem and take action: 

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Jubilee Scotland is an independent coalition of organisations and local groups across Scotland who campaign for cancellation of the unjust and unpayable debts which are ruining the world’s poorest countries.

JUBILEE SCOTLAND
41 GEORGE IV BRIDGE
EDINBURGH
SCOTLAND
EH1 1EL

T: 0131 225 4321
E: mail@jubileescotland.org.uk

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