Africa | Africa Has Sufficient Debt Relief
Jack Boorman is director of policy development for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a United Nations specialized agency that has loaned out billions of dollars to African nations. Some people and organizations in Africa and elsewhere have campaigned for significantly reducing and even cancelling Africa’s foreign debt to the IMF and other institutions, arguing that the money used for debt repayment should instead go towards education, health, and other social development programs. Boorman argues that the IMF has provided adequate debt forgiveness through its 1996 Heavily Indebted...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Economic Development Strategies Are Best for Africa?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Africa Should Integrate Within the Global Economy
- Africa Should Resist Foreign Economic Exploitation
- Africa Should Embrace the Prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF
- Africa Should Reject the Prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF
- Foreign Aid Promotes African Development
- Foreign Aid Hinders African Development
- Africa Needs Greater Debt Relief From Foreign Creditors
- Africa Has Sufficient Debt Relief
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 2: What Policies Can Best Foster Peace in Africa?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The Organization of African Unity Can Reduce Conflict
- Abolishing Nation-States Can Reduce Conflict
- U.S. Military Assistance To African Armies Can Improve Peacekeeping
- U.S. Military Assistance to African Armies is Harmful
- War-Crimes Tribunals Might Prolong Violence in Rwanda
- War-Crimes Tribunals Must Punish Those Responsible for Genocide in Rwanda
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3: What Is the State of Human Rights in Africa?
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Chapter 4: How Should Africa’s Wildlife Be Managed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Africa's Wilderness Must Be Preserved
- Africa's Wilderness Should Be Commercially Utilized To Benefit Local Communities
- Commercial Hunting of Wildlife Can be Beneficial
- Commercial Hunting of Wildlife is not Beneficial
- The Ban on Ivory Trade is Necessary to Protect Elephants
- The Ban on International Ivory Trade Has Harmful Consequences
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- Chronology of Events
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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