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For Richer For Poorer: An Oxfam report on western connections with world hunger

01/01/1986

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105 pages long

Languages: English

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For Richer For Poorer investigates how the debt crisis and economic policies of the world’s wealthier nations are creating mounting poverty in the Third World. Examples from Oxfam’s work illustrate how poor people are coping with the effects of policies decided thousands of miles away.

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Clark, John

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Oxfam GB

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978-0-85598-077-1

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