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"Debt is tearing down schools, clinics, hospitals and the effects are no less devastating than war, except unlike war when soldiers die, it is children that are dying under the debt crisis" Dr Adebayo Adedeji, former undersecretary to the UN.
A child dies in an obscure Third World country clinic. Another suddenly drops out of school. One's future dashed in infancy, the other's hopes and dreams crushed before they could even begin to unfold.
But they have something deeper in common - both are victims of the effects of the crushing debt burden facing the Third World.
| The debt burden is the biggest single barrier to development in the Third World, the most powerful tool that western nations use to keep whole countries in bondage.
It is estimated that the Third World pays the developed North nine times more in debt repayments than they receive in aid. Africa alone spends four times more on repaying its debts than it spends on health care.
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Take Action Gordon Brown Calls for more debt cancellation at the UN meeting in New York - Click here to find out more
Write a letter to your MP asking them to join the All party group of
MPs on Third World Debt.
The latest Jubilee Research report shows the complete debt cancellation for the poorest counrties is necessary if the Millenium Development Goals are to be reached.
The Cambridgeshire Jubilee Debt Campaign exists to call for cancellation of 100% of the unpayable debt of the world's poorest countries as part of a fair and transparent process, ensuring that it lead to poverty reduction. More about CJDC
Jubilee Debt Campaign UK launches new "Still waiting for Jubilee" campaign to coincide with the year of the Queens' Jubilee.
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