Developing Nations
Developing Nations | Debt Relief Will Not Help Developing Nations Overcome Poverty
About the author: William Easterly is senior advisor in the Development Research Group at the World Bank and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Misadventures in the Tropics.
Debt relief has become the feel-good economic policy of the new millennium, trumpeted by Irish rock star Bono, Pope John Paul II, and virtually everyone in between. But despite its overwhelming popularity among policymakers and the public, debt relief is a bad deal for the world’s poor. By transferring scarce resources to corrupt governments with proven track records of misusing...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Are the Problems Facing Developing Nations?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Poverty Is a Serious Problem in Developing Nations
- Hunger Is a Serious Problem in Developing Nations
- Obesity Is a Growing Problem in Developing Nations
- Abusive Child Labor Is a Problem in Developing Nations
- Air Pollution Is a Serious Problem in Developing Nations
- Infectious Disease Is a Serious Problem in Developing Nations
- Chapter 2:Will Globalization Harm Developing Nations?
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Chapter 3: Should Industrialized Nations Play an Active Role in the Developing World?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The United States Should Increase Its Efforts to Aid Developing Nations
- Foreign Aid Benefits Developing Nations
- Debt Relief Can Help Developing Nations Overcome Poverty
- The United States Should Support Family Planning Services in Developing Nations
- The United States Should Not Increase Foreign Aid to Developing Nations
- Debt Relief Will Not Help Developing Nations Overcome Poverty
- The United States Should Not Support Family Planning Services in Developing Nations
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Chapter 4: Can Democracy Succeed in Developing Nations?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Democracy Can Succeed in Developing Nations
- Democracy Can Succeed in the Arab World
- The United States Should Promote Democracy in Developing Nations
- Some Developing Nations Do Not Have Cultures That Support Democracy
- There Are Serious Obstacles to Freedom in the Arab World
- International Efforts to Promote Democracy in Developing Nations Are Sometimes Counterproductive
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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