Debt Threat How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World

Name: Debt Threat How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World
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ISBN: 9780002007993

ISBN-10: 0002007991

ISBN-13: 9780002007993

Edition: 2004

Authors: Noreena Hertz

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA OWES $200 BILLION; Brazil, $223.8 billion; Argentina, $155 billion. For every $1 the West gives to developing countries in aid, these countries pay $9 back in debt service. The results of this unprecedented global debt crisis are far-reaching, not just for the countries involved, but for the stability of the entire world. For the first time ever, one of the world's leading experts on economic globalization draws a shocking, cogent picture of where the debt came from and how it affects every one of us. The Debt Threat shows us how these numbers translate into millions of people dying of AIDS; into clear-cutting of the rainforests; into illiteracy, disease, poverty and…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 12/16/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English