Cancel Haiti's Odious and Onerous Debt

• What You Can Do
  
  
  1. Action Alerts
     • Sign Petition to Cancel Haiti’s Debt!
       -Jubilee USA, June 5, 2008
     • Haiti’s Supporters in Congress Need Your Help!
       -Rep.s Maxine Waters and Spencer Bachus, February 8, 2008
     • Help Get Haiti Debt Cancellation Its Day on Capitol Hill
       -November 11, 2007
     • Cancel Debt Fast: Haiti Days of Action
       -October 4, 2007
     • Jubilee USA Action Alert
       -March 29, 2007
       
       
2. Haiti Debt Cancellation Activist Toolkit
   • Haiti Debt Cancellation Bill Resource Packet
   • Haiti Debt Cancellation Bill Extended Resource Packet
   • Haiti Debt Cancellation Postcard to Congress Template
     1. Postcard (Front)
     2. Postcard (Back)
        
        
• Learn More
  
  
  1. Fact Sheets
     • Haiti Debt Fact Sheet
     • HIPC and Haiti FAQ Sheet
     • HIPC FAQ Sheet
       
       
2. Debt Cancellation in Haiti
   
   
   • H. Res. 241, the Haiti Debt Cancellation Resolution
     1. Haiti Debt Relief Act. H. Res. 241
     2. H. Res. 241 Co-Sponsors
     3. 54 Members of Congress Urge Debt Cancellation for Haiti
        -February 28, 2008 (letter to Secretary of the Treasury)
     4. Bipartisan Call for Debt Relief for Haiti
        -Rep.s Maxine Waters and Spencer Bachus, February 8, 2008
     5. Four members of Congress Urge Colleagues to Support Debt Cancellation for Haiti
     6. Congresswoman Waters Introduces Resolution to Cancel Haiti’s Debts
        
        
   • What’s Wrong With the IMF/World Bank Debt Relief Programs?
     1. Delayed Debt Cancellation Will Only Hurt Haiti, New CEPR Paper Finds
        -Center for Economic and Policy Research (press release), December 12, 2007
     2. IMF/World Bank debt relief program will provide only limited relief, with painful conditions
        -U.S. NGOs Working on Poverty and Human Rights in Haiti press release, September 20, 2006
     3. Haiti Debt Relief Conditions Add Injustice to Injury
        -August, 2007
     4. The IDB and Haiti: Deliver us from Debt
        -HaitiAnalysis, June 5, 2007
     5. Debt Cancellation for Haiti Now, The Right Rev. Jean Zaché Duracin, Episcopal Bishop of Haiti
        -Jubilee Prayer Breakfast Speech, October 16, 2007
        
        
   • Debt Relief Programs and Haiti
     1. IDB Commends Haiti on Progress Toward Debt Relief
        -Fator Brazil, March 14, 2008
     2. MF Executive Board Deems Haiti Eligible for Assistance Under the HIPC Initiative
        -IMF Press Release, September 19, 2006
     3. Haiti eligible for major debt relief, IMF/WB say
        -Reuters, September 19, 2006
     4. Haiti Interim Strategy Note, FY 07-08
        -World Bank, December 14, 2006
        
        
   • General Information on Debt and Debt Cancellation
     1. Are IMF and World Bank Economic Policy Conditions Undermining the Impact of Debt Cancellation?
        -Jubilee USA Network Briefing Note, February 2008
     2. Expanded Debt Cancellation: A Key Tool to Fight Global Poverty
        -Jubilee USA Network Briefing Note, January 2008
     3. What Is Odious Debt? Yes, we have the answer
        -Jubilee USA
     4. HIPC and Developing Countries: FAQ sheet
        
        
• Debt Cancellation News Articles
  
  
  • United States and Haiti Sign Agreement To Cancel 100% of Bilateral Debts
    -South Florida Caribbean News, September 24, 2009
  • Presiding Bishop calls Haitian debt-relief aid 'gesture of compassion and human generosity'
    -April 16, 2009
  • Jubilee USA Welcomes Obama Administration Pledge to Relieve Haiti’s Debt
    -(press release) April 15, 2009
  • 72 Members of Congress Urge Debt Cancellation for Haiti
    -February 26, 2009
  • Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Ask Colleagues To Stand up for Debt Cancellation For Haiti
    -February 4, 2009
  • Update - Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays
    -Center for Economic and Policy Research, December, 2008
  • HAITI: Activists Urge World Bank to Erase Crippling Debt
    -IPS, October 31, 2008
  • Zoellick "Misled" Storm-Struck Haitians Over Debt Cancellation
    -(Press Release), October 30, 2008
  • Haiti: Racism and Poverty
    -John Maxwell, Jamaica Observer, October 25, 2008
  • Fast Track for Wall Street Debt Relief, Slow Lane for Liberia, Haiti
    -Jubilee USA (press release), October 10, 2008
  • Taking to the Streets for the Poor
    -Indianapolis Star, October 6, 2008
  • Resolution of Solidarity and Support for the People of Haiti
    -September 2008
  • Haiti’s Forgotten Emergency: Healthcare
    -The Lancet, August 23, 2008
  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Jubilee Act
    -Jubilee USA (press release), June 26, 2008
  • House Financial Services Commttee Passes Congresswoman Waters’ Bill to Cancel Poor Country Debts
    -Press Release, April 3, 2008
  • On World TB Day: Linking Debt and Tuberculosis
    -Jubilee USA, March 24, 2008
  • Haiti Debt Cancellation: Interview with Atieno Udour and Brian Concannon
    -Progressive Voices (WVUD, Delaware), February 25, 2008
  • Haiti's Debt
    -Monthly Review, January 4, 2008
  • To Help Haiti Recover, Cancel Its Debt
    -Miami Herald (OpEd), December 14, 2007
  • Delayed Debt Cancellation Will Only Hurt Haiti, New CEPR Paper Finds
    -Center for Economic and Policy Research (press release), December 12, 2007
  • Wolfowitz and the World Bank: The Question Not Asked
    -The Guardian, May 21, 2007
  • U.S. Social Justice Groups Urge Congress to Cancel Haiti’s Debt
    -May 18, 2007
  • Bahamas Human Rights Network Calls for Haiti Debt Relief
    -April 4, 2007
  • Haiti to use debt relief payment for security
    -Reuters, March 20, 2007
  • U.S. Organizations Call on Inter-American Development Bank to Cancel Haiti’s Debt Immediately
    -(Press Release) March 16, 2007
  • Debt Relief Cleared for Latin Nations
    -Inter-Press Service, March 16, 2007
  • New Study Says Creditor Countries Should Cancel Odious Debt
    -IPS, February 12, 2007
  • Pope Benedict Calls for Debt Relief Without Harmful Conditions
    -Zenit.org, January 8, 2007
  • Rep. Maxine Waters Urges IMF and World Bank to Cancel Haiti’s Debts
    -Press Release, December 11, 2006
  • Senior Members of House Financial Services Committee Urge IDB To Cancel Debt
    -Press Release, December 11, 2006
  • Members of U.S. Congress Urge IMF and World Bank to Complete Full and Immediate Debt Cancellation for Haiti
    -December 8, 2006
  • IDB Debt Cancellation for Haiti
    -Foreign Policy in Focus, December 8, 2006
  • 2007: The Year Haiti’s Debt is Cancelled
    -Interconnect, December 2006
  • Jubilee USA Welcomes IDB Decision to Cancel Debts of Five Latin American Countries
    -press release, November 20, 2006
  • Inter-American Development Bank has agreed to a massive debt relief for poor nations
    -Miami Herald, November 18, 2006
  • HAITI NEEDS DEBT CONSOLIDATION NOW
    -Mark Schuiller and Debayani Kar, July 26, 2006
  • What the World Bank and IDB Owe Haiti, Dan Beeton
    -Center for Economic Policy Research, July 24, 2006
    
    
• Debt Cancellation Links
  
  
  • Jubilee USA Network
  • Center for Economic and Policy Research
  • Haiti Reborn Project, Quixote Center