Puppets on Purse Strings. / Anju Sharma and Apurva Narain.
by Sharma, Anju; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 9Business. Publisher: Down to Earth, 2002ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): United Nations Conference on Financing for Development | Congresses and conventions | Developing countries -- Economic conditions | Economic assistance -- Developing countries | Economic development | International finance | Investments -- Foreign | Sustainable development | TaxationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "At the International Conference on Finance for Development (FfD) held last month [March 2002] in Monterrey, Mexico, rich countries once again rejected new, invigorating options that would allow poor countries to stand on their own feet, in favour of empty offers of a little more aid. A set of conditions have already been announced by US President George W Bush for countries to access US aid." (DOWN TO EARTH) The authors "analyse the politics of aid, and conclude that developing countries should put down their begging bowls. Instead, they should demand fair trade and a system of global taxation to fund development.".Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Puppets on Purse Strings, April 30, 2002; pp. 36-41.
"At the International Conference on Finance for Development (FfD) held last month [March 2002] in Monterrey, Mexico, rich countries once again rejected new, invigorating options that would allow poor countries to stand on their own feet, in favour of empty offers of a little more aid. A set of conditions have already been announced by US President George W Bush for countries to access US aid." (DOWN TO EARTH) The authors "analyse the politics of aid, and conclude that developing countries should put down their begging bowls. Instead, they should demand fair trade and a system of global taxation to fund development.".
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