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January 8, 2019

Developing country borrowing costs increase 7 times more than for US

Borrowing costs for impoverished country governments continue to rise, while commodity prices are falling.
October 12, 2016

How a new 'debt trap' has been set for Ghana

Ghana is in a debt crisis. Having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around 30 per cent of government revenue in external debt payments each year according to a new report from Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC)
April 11, 2016

$61 billion funding gap for impoverished countries

Impoverished country governments could be up to $61 billion worse off in 2016 as a result of the crash in global commodity prices and strengthening of the US dollar. This is reducing government revenue and increasing the relative size of debt payments in foreign currencies.
May 21, 2011

Struggling against starvation in an age of plenty

Christian Aid Week focuses on vital fundraising for the global work of the UK-based churches' international development agency, and its many indigenous partners across several continents.

But there are also significant opportunities for raising awareness of key concerns - such as food, commodities, population and poverty.
May 20, 2011

Commodities boom can fuel global hunger, warns Christian Aid

A new report calls on policy-makers to investigate why food price rises have in recent years begun to mirror the level of investment in food futures.
January 25, 2007

Poorest left trailing as companies exploit commodity prices, says report

Poor people in mineral-rich developing countries are missing out on the benefits of higher commodity prices while large transnational oil and mining corporations make record profits, a new report says.