Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA, was recently featured in Devex speaking on debt relief and restructuring ahead of the G20 Summit in South Africa. Read the excerpt below and follow the link to full article.

What are the key issues at stake at the G20 summit in South Africa?

By: Elissa Miolene

“We go into this G20 meeting knowing that, with all the challenges in the world, the only consensuses that the G20 currently has is on debt and economic growth. And I think that’s really important,” said Eric LeCompte, the executive director of the Jubilee USA Network, a coalition focused on debt reform. “I think we’re going to hear more about the need for faster and speedier debt restructuring and debt relief [at the Leaders’ Summit].”

But even so, LeCompte added, the world is still moving slowly on implementation. He referred to the past year’s progress on debt as “bittersweet,” adding that while there’s been some movement — and importantly, stronger visibility on debt issues — implementation has continued to move slowly."

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