As British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband calls for renewed international action on developing-country debt, Guyana’s transformation from debt crisis to economic growth offers a reminder of what the original campaign achieved.
On October 14, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called for a new international effort to tackle developing-country debt, drawing inspiration from the historic Make Poverty History campaign and pledging to make reform of the international financial system a priority of Britain’s G20 presidency in 2027.
Speaking in Bangkok during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Miliband recalled the achievements of the Blair-Brown governments in the UK, and spoke of how international campaigning helped secure…