Debt Cancellation for Haiti Advocacy Campaign
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
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
Fact Sheets
H. Res. 241, the Haiti Debt Cancellation Resolution
- Haiti Debt Relief Act. H. Res. 241
- H. Res. 241 Co-Sponsors
- 54 Members of Congress Urge Debt Cancellation for Haiti, –February 28, 2008 (letter to Secretary of the Treasury)
- Bipartisan Call for Debt Relief for Haiti, –Rep.s Maxine Waters and Spencer Bachus, February 8, 2008
- Four members of Congress Urge Colleagues to Support Debt Cancellation for Haiti
- Congresswoman Waters Introduces Resolution to Cancel Haiti’s Debts
What’s Wrong With the IMF/World Bank Debt Relief Programs?
- Delayed Debt Cancellation Will Only Hurt Haiti, New CEPR Paper Finds, –Center for Economic and Policy Research (press release), December 12, 2007
- 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
- Haiti Debt Relief Conditions Add Injustice to Injury, –August, 2007The IDB and Haiti: Deliver us from Debt, –HaitiAnalysis, June 5, 2007
- Debt Cancellation for Haiti Now, The Right Rev. Jean Zache Duracin, Episcopal Bishop of Haiti, –Jubilee Prayer Breakfast Speech, October 16, 2007
Debt Relief Programs and Haiti
- IDB Commends Haiti on Progress Toward Debt Relief, –Fator Brazil, March 14, 2008
- MF Executive Board Deems Haiti Eligible for Assistance Under the HIPC Initiative, –IMF Press Release, September 19, 2006
- Haiti eligible for major debt relief, IMF/WB say, –Reuters, September 19, 2006
- Haiti Interim Strategy Note, FY 07–08, –World Bank, December 14, 2006
General Information on Debt and Debt Cancellation
- Are IMF and World Bank Economic Policy Conditions Undermining the Impact of Debt Cancellation?, –Jubilee USA Network Briefing Note, February 2008
- Expanded Debt Cancellation: A Key Tool to Fight Global Poverty, –Jubilee USA Network Briefing Note, January 2008
- What Is Odious Debt? Yes, we have the answer, –Jubilee USA
- 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
