Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA was recently featured in America Magazine speaking on poverty reduction, the G20 and global debt. Read the excerpt below and follow the link to full article.

We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?

By: Kevin Clarke

“Despite the uncertainty at this year’s summit, Mr. LeCompte remains confident that the church and other humanitarian and anti-poverty advocates “are building a consensus on ending poverty.”

Those campaigners have won incremental successes, he said. But most wanted now are large-scale efforts that can only be initiated and maintained by the wealthiest states. “We need to move the G20, G7, [International Monetary Fund] and World Bank on more robust policies and implementation.”

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