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Jamaica Debt and Poverty

01/01/1992

6 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Jamaica’s mounting external debt problems throughout the 1980s, and the associated package of structural adjustment measures which the international lenders insisted on, gave rise to a rapidly deteriorating situation for many people in Jamaica, especially the poorest. Jamaica: Debt and Poverty examines the origins of Jamaica’s debt problems in both the structure of the Jamaican […]

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Free Front Line Africa

01/01/1991

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Debt

Overview

Oxfam has been working with people in southern Africa since the early 1960s – providing support for their efforts to improve the quality of their lives. During the last decade their efforts have been undermined by a growing debt crisis, falling prices for their exports, the lack of effective international aid, and, in many cases, […]

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Cereal Banks – At Your Service?: The story of Toundeu-Patar: A village somewhere in the Sahel

01/01/1991

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Food security is one of the major concerns of people living in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, cereal banks have become a widespread and popular response to the problem.

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The Philippines: Debt and Poverty

01/01/1991

3 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English

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How could the Philippines, a country rich in natural and human resources, find itself by 1990 in the position of the sixth most indebted nation in the world? Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo traces the origins of the nation’s debt crisis, and – with evidence from projects supported by Oxfam – she illustrates the social and environmental impact […]

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Income Generation Schemes for the Urban Poor

01/01/1990

1 documents

143 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Income generation schemes in urban areas of the Third World are many and varied. However, too often such schemes fail to achieve sustainable economic viability and depend on continued funding by development agencies. This book examines the reasons for failures or successes and stresses that those wishing to help the urban poor improve their incomes, […]

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Credit & Savings for Development

01/01/1990

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Poor people in Third World countries often have no access to credit for either short-term needs or long-term investment in their small business enterprises. Even when credit is available, the high rates of interest charged may lead to permanent indebtedness. This book examines various methods of making credit available to poor people as part of […]

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Front Line Africa, The Right to a Future: An Oxfam report on conflict and poverty in Southern Africa

01/01/1990

7 documents

398 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Recent political moves have at last brought hope for meaningful political change in South Africa and the prospect of a free and independent future for millions of ordinary people in the region. Yet, as this timely report documents, apartheid continues to cause immense suffering inside South Africa, and the effects of destabilisation are still being […]

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Zambia Debt & Poverty

01/01/1989

1 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Zambia Debt and Poverty examines the origins of Zambia’s debt and the circumstances of the break with the International Monetary Fund from the particular perspective of the poor of Zambia. The authors discuss the crisis in terms of its human costs and describe what some of Oxfam’s partners are doing to combat the growing poverty.

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Punishing the Poor: The international isolation of Kampuchea

01/01/1988

4 documents

193 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Punishing the poor traces the Kampuchean people’s struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery. Kampuchea urgently needs peace, and the resources for the Kampuchean people to rebuild […]

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Bitter Pills: Medicines and the third world poor

01/08/1987

5 documents

292 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Rich and poor could benefit from new drugs to treat incurable diseases. But only the poor are denied the life-saving drugs available to the rich. This report attempts to unravel the complexities of the medicines issue. The focus throughout is on the needs of the Third World poor. Chapter 1 assesses the role of medicines […]

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