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ECGD – The UK government’s debt generator

February 21, 2008 By Ben 1 Comment

 The UK government’s bilateral debt relief policy is largely made up of cancelling debt owed to the ECGD. In fact about 95% of bilateral debt owed to the UK is through the ECGD. Most of the ECGD debt cancellation that occurs is through the HIPC initiative.  HIPC only includes countries that qualify as having ‘unsustainable […]

Nigerian Debt Scam: UK not implicated

February 1, 2008 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

It’s general knowledge that the UK’s vast increase in development aid (ODA) from 05-07 consists largely of Nigeria’s debt buy-back. Net UK ODA increased by £2.5 billion 04-06, of which Nigeria’s debt cancellation counted for £1.7 billion. (Net ODA in 04 was £4.3 billion, in 06 it was £6.8 billion, as set out in DFID’s […]

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This article was written by Leo Brown, who was our new Campaign & Events Assistant.  I had the opportunity to attend the Reimagining the Econom y conference we were hosting as part of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival at the Edinburgh Methodist Church. The one day conference brought together academics, campaigners and politicians to open […]

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