Blogs
Under the radar: Private sector debt and coronavirus in developing countries
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 14 October 2020
Campaigns: Aid, General
The G20 must step in and compel private creditors to cancel the debts of developing countries to avoid the loss of many more lives.
Read morePassing the buck on debt relief
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 16 July 2020
Campaigns: Aid
How the failure of the private sector to cancel debts is fueling a crisis across the developing world. Produced in partnership with Oxfam, Christian Aid, Jubilee Debt Campaign and Citizens for Financial Justice.
Read moreThe future of aid after DfID: Shocking development projects supported by the UK
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 6 July 2020
Campaigns: Aid
With the government having recently announced plans to abolish the Department for International Development (DfID) and give control of UK aid policy to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), many […]
Read moreDecarbonising aid: why the UK must end its overseas fossil fuel financing before COP26
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 12 June 2020
Campaigns: Aid, Climate
Under the terms of the Paris Agreement, signed April 2016, the UK government committed to making global financial flows “consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient […]
Read moreExiting the permanent crisis in the global south
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 23 April 2020
Campaigns: Aid, Trade
The case for a global financial reset in the wake of Covid-19
Even in the wealthiest countries on earth, years of austerity combined with ‘market knows best’ ideology has hollowed out our ability to deal with coronavirus. But for many countries in the global south, the weakness of the public sector was not a democratic choice but was imposed by rich countries and international institutions like the IMF…
Read moreA Covid-19 vaccine should be affordable for all
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 27 March 2020
Campaigns: Pharma
As coronavirus rips through the world, the race is on to find a vaccine for Covid-19. There are already reports of promising candidates as well the start of human trials. […]
Read moreUS-UK trade deal: Threats to the NHS and drug pricing
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 3 March 2020
Campaigns: Trade
In its negotiating objectives for a US-UK trade deal, the UK government has said: “…the National Health Service (NHS) will not be on the table. The price the NHS pays […]
Read moreDoing more harm than good: Why CDC must reform for people and planet
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 15 February 2020
Campaigns: Aid
This report details the failures of the government’s development bank, CDC, to invest in a just and responsible way. Despite a series of reforms and promises to change, CDC continues […]
Read moreBriefing: Making CDC work for people and planet
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 14 November 2019
Campaigns: Aid, Climate
This briefing highlights some of the major problems with the CDC and the projects it funds. We believe that these problems are not aberrations but are a product of the […]
Read moreExporting repression: How Britain is supplying surveillance technology to human-rights abusing countries
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 20 September 2019
Campaigns: Trade
By Mark Curtis and Matt Kennard The British government is continuing to approve the export of high-tech surveillance equipment and software of the type that is being used by states […]
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