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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Human Rights, Development, And Debt | |
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| What is meant by �developing countries�? | |
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| Why is the term �development� ambiguous? | |
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| What is the link between debt and poverty? | |
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| What are the �Millennium Development Goals� (MDG)? | |
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| What are the different kinds of debt for developing countries? | |
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| The Origin of the Debt in Developing Countries | |
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| What part did private banks play in the development of developing countries' external debts in the 1960s & 1970s? | |
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| What part did the World Bank play in the development of the developing countries' external debts in the 1960s and 1970s? | |
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| How does die World Bank function? | |
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| What part did the governments of countries of the North play in the evolution of the developing countries' external debt in the 1960s and 1970s? | |
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| How was the borrowed money used in the developing countries? | |
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| The Debt Crisis | |
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| How did the price of commodities evolve during the last quarter of the twentieth century? | |
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| What role did the evolution of interest rates play in the 1982 debt crisis? | |
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| Are the World Rank, the IMF, and private banks somehow responsible for the debt crisis? | |
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| How did creditors respond to the debt crisis? | |
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| Are there any similarities with the 2007 subprime crisis? | |
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| The IMF, The World Bank, And The Logic Of Structural Adjustment | |
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| How does the IMF function? | |
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| What are the short-term or shock measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences? | |
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| What are the long-term or structural measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences? | |
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| What is the impact of the IMF/World Bank logic on the world food crisis of 2007? | |
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| Other International Players: The Paris Club And The Wto | |
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| What is the Paris Club? | |
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| Are all the developing countries treated in the same way by the Paris Club? | |
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| What is undermining the Paris Club? | |
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| What is the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO)? | |
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| The Structure Of Developing Countries' Debt | |
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| Of what does the external debt of developing countries consist? | |
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| How has the debt changed since 1970? | |
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| Do developing countries repay debts? | |
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| What about the external public debt of developing countries? | |
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| How are the debt-related financial flows directed? | |
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| What about the domestic debt of developing countries? | |
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| Deciphering The Official Discourse On Debt Relief | |
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| How did the debt relief initiative come about? | |
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| What is the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative? | |
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| Has the HIPC initiative achieved its goal? | |
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| What was contained in the latest debt relief announced by the G8 in 2005? | |
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| The Sham Of The Dominant Model | |
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| Does Official Development Assistance (ODA) help to mitigate the effects of the debt? | |
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| Is micro-credit a solution to the excessive debt of developing countries? | |
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| Have the polices promoted by the World Bank and the IMF contributed to the fight against climate change? | |
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| What is NEPAD? | |
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| Debt Cancellations And Suspensions Of Payment In The Past | |
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| Is it impossible to cancel debt? | |
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| Why do the governments of the South continue to repay the debt? | |
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| What are vulture funds? | |
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| The Case For Canceling The Debt Of Developing Countries | |
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| What are the moral arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| What are the political arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| What are the economic arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| What are the legal arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| What are the environment arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| What are the religious arguments in favor of canceling the debt of developing countries? | |
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| Who owes what to whom? | |
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| Who has the right to impose conditions on debt cancellation? | |
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| Can the development of emerging countries be ensured simply by repudiating their debt? | |
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| Issues Raised By Canceling The Debt Of The Developing Countries | |
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| Would canceling the debt of developing countries cause a global financial crisis? | |
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| If developing countries' debts were canceled, would the citizens of the North end up paying the bill? | |
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| Will canceling the debt help reinforce existing dictatorial regimes? | |
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| Should borrowing be avoided at all cost? | |
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| Constructing Radical Alternatives | |
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| What are the alternatives for human development in the developing countries? | |
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| If and when the debt is canceled, how can a new round of indebtedness be avoided? | |
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| What is debt auditing? | |
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| Are China, sovereign funds, or the Bank of the South valid alternatives? | |
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| Can the developing countries' external public debt be compared to the public debt of the North? | |
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| International Campaign For Debt Cancellation | |
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| How did the international campaign for debt cancellation start? | |
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| What is CADTM and how was it born? | |
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| The 145 Developing Countries in 2008 | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |