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04 Jul 2002
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...with Neoliberal Economic Policy Strings Attached. Between the Lines' Scott Harris interviews Kevin Danaher, cofounder of Global Exchange. |
G8 Summit Meeting Pledges $6 Billion to Africa, but with Neoliberal Economic Policy Strings Attached
Between the Lines' Scott Harris interviews Kevin Danaher, cofounder of Global Exchange.
Deep in the forest of the Canadian Rockies leaders of the world's eight major industrialized nations met to discuss a range of issues including poverty in Africa, farm subsidies and nuclear weapons security in the former Soviet Union. The G-8 summit ended on June 27 with a conditional pledge to commit $6 billion a year in additional aid to the impoverished people of the African continent - but only to governments that adopt strict neo-liberal economic policies and other reforms favored by the U.S. The plan, dubbed the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, has many critics who regard the aid package as little more than a form of economic colonialism - where nation states are forced to adopt policies rejected in the West and which have dramatically failed in Argentina and dozens of other developing nations.
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien had consciously located the summit meeting in remote Kananaskis, Alberta to insulate world leaders from the tens of thousands of protesters that have regularly dogged G8 and international financial institution meetings in recent years. Social justice activists from North America and beyond, however, did gather in nearby Calgary and Canada's capital city Ottawa, to demand an overhaul of the global economic system which they assert only serves the narrow interests of corporations and their wealthy allies.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kevin Danaher, co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, who examines the recently concluded summit meeting, the aid pledged to Africa and the demands of the movement fighting for global social justice.
Contact Global Exchange by calling 1-(800) 497-1994 or visit their Web site at: www.globalexchanage.com
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