What was the ‘Jubilee 2000’ movement?
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About the video: ‘What was the ‘Jubilee 2000’ movement?’
Ann Pettifor talks about the Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign – the largest and most successful campaign in history to cancel third world debt. She explains how the debt crisis came about and describes how capital flows have reversed direction in recent years. In effect, rich countries are currently being financed by the poorer nations of the developing world – quite the reverse of the post-war model. She links this to the instability witnessed in much of the developing world today. She finishes by suggesting that if the unfair economics behind third world debt are not addressed, then the backlash among poor nations will continue to grow.
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Filmed: London, England on 1 November 2004
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2004 Big Picture TV
About Ann Pettifor
Ann Pettifor is the Director of Jubilee Research at the New Economics Foundation in London and is the former Director of Jubilee 2000. She is also editor of ‘The Real World Economic Outlook’, an alternative to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook.
She is a co-author of the Green New Deal, published by the new economics foundation in July 2008 – a set of policies to deal with threats posed by the Credit Crunch, Peak Oil and Climate Change.
She is also the executive director of the consultancy Advocacy International, which undertakes research and advises governments and organisations on matters relating to international finance and sustainable development.
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