Of course, that's not the play it gets in the press.
Joanna
Michael Perelman wrote:
>What problem? Isn't that the purpose of he whole thing?
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>On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 07:50:11PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
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>>One problem, as I understand it, with this is that countries have to
>>follow G8 dictates (i.e., free market economics) in order to get their
>>debt written off. Is that a valid understanding?
>>JD
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>>On 6/12/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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>>>FT.com - June 12, 2005
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>>>Caution over G8 debt plan for poor countries
>>>By Chris Giles and Friederike Tiesenhausen Cave
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>>>While the Group of Eight finance ministers were hailing a "historic
>>>breakthrough" at the weekend after they agreed to cancel the debts of
>>>18 poor but well-governed countries, doubts were already being raised
>>>about how great an impact the deal would have.
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