Some would say that everyone, including poor nations, should pay off debts. The church's reply, according to Hart, is that, after some countries spend 30 percent to 40 percent of their gross national product on debt service, they have little left for education, economic development, improving the infrastructure or health care. And sometimes even our attempts to help relieve the debt can have the opposite effect. Resolution A002 on Ethical Guidelines for International Economic Development calls for recognizing that danger. If development assistance is offered, the beneficiaries set priorities and conditions.
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Applied technologies are appropriate for the setting. Globalization huge issue Madeleine Trichel, the executive director of the Interfaith Center for Peace in Columbus, Ohio, chairs the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace and Justice Concerns. We thought the resolution might be the one that has the most long-standing impact, in the way the church relates to the other parts of the Anglican Communion. She noted that the bishop of Haiti has used the example of tons of rice sent to Haiti by the United States. Trichel said that Episcopal Peace and Justice Network will be making available its report on globalization, which focuses on the maquiladoras, or assembly plants, in Mexico and Central America.