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It would be specially naïve or cynical for the powerful to pursue their self - interest more or less regardless of the repercussions on the weak . In view of the growing migratory flows — both Northbound and Westboundwe should ...
It would be specially naïve or cynical for the powerful to pursue their self - interest more or less regardless of the repercussions on the weak . In view of the growing migratory flows — both Northbound and Westboundwe should ...
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It is debt service payments , swollen by high interest rates , that made external debt a major problem in the last decade . In 1990 the 111 developing countries reporting their debt to the World Bank paid $ 66 billion in interest and ...
It is debt service payments , swollen by high interest rates , that made external debt a major problem in the last decade . In 1990 the 111 developing countries reporting their debt to the World Bank paid $ 66 billion in interest and ...
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There is a substantial record in the financial history of industrial countries themselves of nonpayment of debt and of its acceptance by creditor governments in the interest of restoring stricken economies and giving the world economy a ...
There is a substantial record in the financial history of industrial countries themselves of nonpayment of debt and of its acceptance by creditor governments in the interest of restoring stricken economies and giving the world economy a ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book addresses the question: "If the development of the quarter of the world's people who are now rich has brought us all so close to the limits of sustainable living on Earth, how is the ... Read full review
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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