Debt and Power conference 2007

Jubilee Debt Campaign's 2007 annual conference took place in London on Saturday 28th April 2007.

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Some presentations and workshop notes from the conference will be available from this page shortly.

Speakers included:

- Wahu Kaara, Kenya Debt Relief Network
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister, Nigeria
- Vikram Nehru, World Bank
- Charity Musamba, Jubilee Zambia

There were also workshops on:

* Dirty debts - how creditors are responsible
* The good, the bad, and the ugly: debt cancellation in Zambia and Mali
* Understand the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the alternatives
* 'Vulture funds': what they are and how to stop them
* The African struggle for economic justice
* Debt and slavery: focus on Haiti and Liberia
* Debt, corruption and transparency: how to lend and borrow responsibly

About the speakers

Wahu Kaara was founding director of the Kenya Debt Relief Network. An active and high-profile campaigner across Africa, Ms Kaara is on the council of the African Women’s Economic Policy Network, and is an advocate for the Global Call to Action against Poverty. She is running for President of Kenya in 2007.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was Finance Minister and then Foreign Minister of Nigeria between 2003 and 2006, the first woman to hold either of these positions. She led Nigeria's efforts to get its $30 billion debt to rich countries wiped out. Dr Okonjo-Iweala had previously been a vice-president at the World Bank.

Vikram Nehru is director of the Economic Policy and Debt department at the World Bank. He oversees development and implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries process and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative.

Charity Musamba is the former coordinator of Jubilee Zambia, where she led work on both debt and trade. She previously worked for the International Labour Organisation and the Zambia Women’s Lobby. Ms Musamba is now working on a PhD in Germany, focusing on development and poverty reduction.