| Description |
264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-260). |
| Summary |
Presents opposing viewpoints on various economic, social, and humanitarian issues involving the developing countries of the Third World. |
| Contents |
Imperialism causes Third World poverty / Michael Parenti -- Imperialism does not cause Third World poverty / Carlos Rangel -- Overpopulation causes Third World poverty / Anne H. Ehrlich -- Overpopulation does not cause Third World poverty / Curtis Skinner -- The underground economy keeps the Third World impoverished / Vanessa Baird -- The underground economy proves the Third World can develop / Hernando de Soto -- Soviet intervention threatens human rights / Alvin Z. Rubinstein -- US intervention threatens human rights / Michael Klare -- Cultural tradition prevents Third World democracy / Ernest W. Lefever -- Cultural tradition could promote Third World democracy / Edgar Owens -- Liberation theology promotes human rights / Leonardo Boff & Clodovis Boff -- Liberation theology does not promote human rights / Michael Novak -- US foreign aid helps the Third World / M. Peter McPherson -- US foreign aid harms the Third World / Doug Bandow -- Food aid is beneficial / Orville L. Freeman -- Food aid is harmful / James Bovard -- US aid should promote the free market / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Efforts to promote the free market are inadequate / Frances Moore Lappé, Rachel Schurman & Kevin Danaher -- Capitalism can help the Third World develop / Alvin Rabushka -- Capitalism cannot help the Third World develop / Stephen Rosskamm Shalom -- Population growth defeats development / Jodi L. Jacobson -- Population growth does not defeat development / P.T. Bauer -- Appropriate technology can help the Third World develop / George Ovitt Jr. -- Corporate technology can help the Third World develop / Alan Woods -- Third World debt should be refinanced / Nicholas F. Brady -- Third World debt should be forgiven / Carlos Rafael Rodriguez -- Third World debt can be repaid / P.T. Bauer --Third World debt cannot be repaid / UNICEF -- IMF policies perpetuate Third World debt / Susan George -- IMF policies reduce Third World debt / Jahangir Amuzegar -- Debt-for-nature swaps are beneficial / John Cartwright -- Debt-for-nature swaps are harmful / Carol Barton. |
| Subject |
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
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Developing countries -- Economic policy.
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Human rights -- Developing countries.
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Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
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Debt relief -- Developing countries.
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Developing countries.
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| Added Author |
Rohr, Janelle, 1963-
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| ISBN |
0899084478 library binding |
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0899084222 paperback |
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