Posts Tagged ‘Jubilee USA’
IMF Policies and Tuberculosis
Here’s a great discussion of the International Monetary Fund and how it’s policies hurt heath outcomes in the developing world from Jubilee USA:
High Tuberculosis Rates Linked to IMF Loan Programs
By HAYLEY HATHAWAY, Jubilee USA, August 1, 2008
This week I have been following a back-and-forth battle between the International Monetary Fund and the authors of [...]
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Tags: International Health Policy, International Monetary Fund, Jubilee USA
Drop The Debt
Here a few posts from the Jubilee USA blog I found interesting.
Singer-Activist Utah Phillips Dies Leaving a Legacy of Music & Justice
“Utah Phillips, activist and folk musician, died Friday May 23, 2008 of congestive heart failure. His daughter Morrigan was a fellow here at Jubilee. Jubilee board member Rita Jankowska-Bradley, in Missoula, Mont., remembers Utah [...]
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Tags: Civil Society, Foreign Debt, International, Jubilee USA
Here’s an op-ed via the Jubilee Debt Network by Desmond Tutu on Debt cancellation featured in the Baltimore Sun
Debt cancellation a victory for the world
Last month, the House of Representatives showed leadership in the fight against global poverty by passing the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation, which would extend lifesaving debt [...]
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Tags: Global Debt Relief, Jubilee Debt Network, Jubilee USA
Jubilee Act Passes the House
The good people at Jubilee USA report that the Jubilee Act (HR 2634-International debt relief) passed the House of Representatives!
The Jubilee Act was debated and voted on the House floor on Wednesday, April 16 and now moves to the Senate. If you’d like to watch a video of the vote, view the archived [...]
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Tags: Bono, Jubilee Act, Jubilee Network, Jubilee USA
Here in the cruel, snarky world of blogs you hear a lot of complaining about the political system and the prospects for change. Well here’s an issue where there are some real prospects for positive change in the immediate future.
The Jubilee Act (HR 2634) was recently passed in the House Financial Services Committee and [...]
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Tags: Debt Relief, George Bush, Global Debt, Jubilee Debt Network, Jubilee USA
Whack the Disease
So from the Jubilee USA blog comes news that there is a new flash game where you whack Tuberculosis with a mallet. Here’s a description
The game begins slowly.
I eliminated TB in Nigera, which has about 704,000 reported cases. I whacked TB in Tanzania, which has over 190,000 cases, then on to Brazil, Peru, Columbia and [...]
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Tags: Debt Relief, Global Health, Jubilee USA, Tuberculosis
New Post from the Jubilee USA blog
The Drop the Debt Fast is a 36-day rolling fast, to highlight the plight of 36 countries which are among those still needing substantial debt cancellation. We are asking supporters to consider fasting for one day or more, between 12 April and 17 May, to show solidarity with the [...]
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Tags: Debt Relief, Drop the Debt, IMF, Jubilee, Jubilee UK, Jubilee USA
Here is a link to a Jubilee USA-Blog the Debt Post about Nancy Birdsall and Steve Radelet of the Center for Global Development calling for a cabinet level post for Global Development. Here is a excerpt that Jubilee used to explain the issue.
“We hope that our next President will believe, as we do, that [...]
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Tags: Cabinet Level Posts, Debt Relief, Foreign Aid, International Development, Jubilee USA, Nancy Birdsall
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