Impoverished countries are being sold a dangerous private finance scheme
A new manifesto has been launched by civil society organisations from all over the globe, to condemn this exploitative financial practice
A new manifesto has been launched by civil society organisations from all over the globe, to condemn this exploitative financial practice
Liam Fox, Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have all criticised the costs of PFI schemes in the UK, yet their departments are all actively promoting similar schemes in…
This report (24 pages) concerns Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in healthcare, known in the UK as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) It exposes how such PPPs have been an expensive…
Twenty-seven countries across the world are in debt crisis, with a further 80 at risk of being so, according to new figures released for World Debt Day on 16 May.…
Effective interest rates on World Bank loans reaching 9%, whist on private sector loans hits 27% Over recent months there has been a crash in prices for commodities – metals,…
Avoid perils of Britain’s PFI say campaigners Campaigners protested outside a conference in London this morning to warn of the dangers to government finances of public-private partnerships. The campaigners placed…
Cost of energy public-private partnership has added $200 million to Tanzanian government debt at same time as electricity prices have been hiked to among the highest on African continent Read…
Read our 6-page briefing in full: ‘Public-private partnerships and the financial cost to governments: Case study on the power sector in Uganda’ Privatisation of the Ugandan electricity sector, initiated in…
Executive summary also available in French and Portuguese (8 pages). This report (40 pages) and its executive summary (8 pages) investigates the debts owed by countries as a whole – both…
Commenting on the release of the Executive Summary of the Greek Debt Truth Committee, established by the Greek parliament, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “The initial…