Who owes who?
Subtitle: 50 questions about world debt
By: Damien Millet, Eric Toussaint ; translated by Vicki Briault Manus with the collaboration of Gabrielle Roche.
Contributors: Toussaint, Eric.
Series: Global issues in a changing world; Global issues series (Zed Books)
Publisher: University Press; White Lotus; Fernwood Pub.; Books for Change; SIRD; David Philip; Zed Books in association with CADTM; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dhaka; Bangkok; Nova Scotia; Bangalore; Kuala Lumpur; Cape Town; London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Debts, External -- Developing countries; Debt relief -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Developing countries -- Economic policy
Description: Using 50 questions and answers, this book explains the debt impasse for developing countries in a simple but precise manner. It details the roles of the various actors involved, the mesh in which indebted countries are caught, the possible scenarios for getting out of the impasse, and the various alternatives to future indebtedness. It also sets out the various arguments - moral, political, economic, legal and environmental - on which the case for a wholesale cancellation of developing countries? external debt rests. It replies to the range of possible objections and proposes new ways of finan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-185).