| Description |
xiv, 162 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Why another book on debt? -- Debt in the new millennium -- What remains the same -- Human problems -- Ch. 2. History of the current crisis -- From colonialism to 'independence' -- The First and Second World Wars - the US and Europe -- The 1980s debt crisis -- The 1980s - the lost development decade -- The 1990s - the found development decade? -- Ch. 3. The Bretton Woods System -- Historical overview -- The wages of liberalisation -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- Millennium changes? -- Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Papers/Program (PRSP) - the New ESAF? -- HIPC II -- Bolivia - the perpetual test case -- World Bank Board discussion of Bolivian PRSP -- Ch. 4. Trade and capital -- Trade -- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) -- Capital flight -- Ch. 5. The more we pay the more we owe -- Jamaica: when debt begins at home -- Ch. 6. ...the less we have -- The chance to work -- Redefining security -- The feminisation of poverty -- Third World countries - some key facts -- Aid vs. debt relief -- Don't be fooled by debt relief -- Thoughts on development -- Billionaires -- The benefits of being far from globalisation -- Trade liberalisation, poverty and distribution: NAFTA and the case of Mexican agriculture -- CH. 7. Environmental and political implications -- Growing debt -- The export imperative -- Cutbacks in public spending -- The expansion of transnationals -- NAFTA and the environment -- Politics -- Unrest in Ecuador -- Dollars instead of sucres? -- Cochabamba takes on globalisation -- Ch. 8. Alternative solutions? -- Creditor responses -- Debtor countries' responses -- NGO responses -- Northern responses -- Alternative agendas -- More fundamental and viable civil society alternatives? |
| Summary |
"Deeper than Debt brings together a wide range of arguments and views to examine the effects of economic globalisation on the lives of the poor majority in debtor countries, and how debt can illuminate the process of the ever-deepening inequality between rich and poor." "Deeper than Debt will provide invaluable analysis for debt activists who have campaigned successfully with Jubilee 2000 and for those wanting a deeper look at the development and economic issues raised by debt."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index |
| Subject |
International Monetary Fund -- Developing countries.
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Debts, External -- Developing countries.
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International economic relations -- Political aspects.
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| Author |
International Monetary Fund.
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| LC no. |
00002224 |
| ISBN |
189936546X paperback |
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