Any comments?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 10 11:31:15 PDT 2000


DANIEL.DAVIES at flemings.com wrote:


> > >>7. IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programs contribute to the
>>spread
>> >>of HIV/AIDS.
>> >>
>
>Weak as hell, and written in a way that suggests the author knows it.

Really? SAPs - which are one aspect of imperial domination, though certainly not the only one - have resulted in unemployment, impoverishment, and cuts in social spending, all of which are incontrovertibly hell on health. Foregrounding AIDS may be a bit of sensationalism, but it's not untrue.

Doug



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