The Tax Argument Financing Debt relief ultimately puts a burden on the taxpayers of the creditor countries. Reducing or forgiving the LDCs of their debt burden would in the longer term reduce the need for bilateral and multilateral lending and aid and hence reduce the tax burden. Immigration Argument Poverty resulting from debt and stabilisation and structural adjustment policies has led to considerable amount of economic migration. Economic migrants attempt to enter the richer countries, often illegally in an attempt to make a better life. The Environmental Argument Debt and poverty cause people in the LDCs to exploit natural resources in the least sustainable way.
Deforestation contributes to global warming and reduction in the biodiversity of the planet.
Both impact on the MDCs. Drugs Argument Debt and poverty cause some farmers to look for higher incomes from illegal production of drugs. The consumption of drugs creates many social and economic costs to the rich consuming nations.