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Policy and research: Debt, finance and economic justice

Policy and research: Debt, finance and economic justice

CAFOD produces policy and research papers looking at how the global economy can work to ensure it does not deepen poverty, inequality and environmental degradation.

Key documents

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Sep

2025

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Jubilee 2025: The new global debt crisis and its solutions

24

Dec

2024

Jubilee 2025: The new global debt crisis and its solutions

27

May

2021

Using the UK's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to tackle Covid-19 and climate change

Under the radar: Private sector debt and coronavirus in developing countries

14

Oct

2020

Under the radar: Private sector debt and coronavirus in developing countries

21

Aug

2020

CDC leadership in a just and green recovery

How to achieve decent green jobs?

09

Jan

2019

How to achieve decent green jobs?

New pathways out of poverty in Africa: The promise of sustainable and inclusive agricultural transformation

25

Oct

2017

New pathways out of poverty in Africa: The promise of sustainable and inclusive agricultural transformation

Thinking small

18

Oct

2013

Thinking small

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Latest news on global debt

Four simple tips for attending a mass lobby

03

Jun

2025

Four simple tips for attending a mass lobby

Relay of Hope Dupe 2: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

27

May

2025

Relay of Hope Dupe 2: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

Relay of Duplicates4: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

27

May

2025

Relay of Duplicates4: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

Relay of Hope: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

27

May

2025

Relay of Hope: 40 countries take part in worldwide call to combat global debt crisis

Why the Jubilee year should inspire Catholics to take action on debt

14

May

2025

Why the Jubilee year should inspire Catholics to take action on debt

Five ways you can respond to Pope Francis’ call for action on the debt crisis

01

May

2025

Five ways you can respond to Pope Francis’ call for action on the debt crisis

The new global debt crisis: Your questions answered

01

May

2025

The new global debt crisis: Your questions answered

CAFOD urges UK government to address escalating global debt crisis as Reeves heads to IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings

21

Apr

2025

CAFOD urges UK government to address escalating global debt crisis as Reeves heads to IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings

Schoolchildren call for action on debt crisis to help world’s poorest countries

21

Mar

2025

Schoolchildren call for action on debt crisis to help world’s poorest countries

Kenya's debt crisis: What's the human impact?

01

Mar

2025

Kenya's debt crisis: What's the human impact?

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Policy and research

Policy and research

CAFOD's policy team provides briefings, reports and research on our advocacy and lobbying work, plus materials to support our campaigns.

The New Debt Crisis

The New Debt Crisis

For the Year of Jubilee in 2025, people across the world are uniting in solidarity to demand action on the global debt crisis.

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Call for debt justice in the Year of Jubilee

Call for debt justice in the Year of Jubilee

For the Year of Jubilee in 2025, people across the world will be uniting in solidarity to demand action on the global debt crisis.

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic countries in the global south were not spending enough on areas such as health. Limited access to the vaccine will deepen the economic disruption and push more countries into debt crises.

Key areas of work

Through research and campaigning, CAFOD is pressuring the UK government to:

Push for debt payments to be cancelled.
Pressure private banks, asset managers and hedge fund to participate in debt relief and restructuring initiatives.
Use new finance through mechanisms such as IMF Special Drawing Rights to support institutions that will tackle the pandemic and climate change.

Pope Francis has called for us to rethink the global economy work to ensure it does not deepen poverty, inequality and environmental degradation.

CAFOD is calling for the creation of decent and green jobs: work designed in a way that gives a decent livelihood to the worker, while protecting and restoring our common home.

Through our country programmes CAFOD is committed to working with the poorest and most disadvantaged communities to support enterprise development.