Especially for the poorest countries, this debt is simply unpayable. To service their debts, governments shift scarce resources from schools, clinics, roads, the environment and other sustainable development investments. If African nations invested annual debt payments in health and education, it would save the lives of an estimated 21 million children by the year 2000. Exercise our influence as responsible citizens, consumers, employers, workers and investors to make the world economy work for everyone. Ordinary people have considerable power to influence the course of the global economy for the benefit of hungry people.
Simple choices can have a major impact.
By joining civic groups, individuals can multiply their power. Advocacy organizations such as Bread for the World help shift government policies to focus more on the needs of hungry and poor people. The active engagement of citizens at all levels local, national, regional, and international can help make the global economy work better for everyone. Contact the Webmaster .