Did
you
know
that
in our
world
today:
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Trade |
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The
United
Nations
estimates
that
unfair
trade
rules
deny
poor
countries
$700
billion
every
year.
Less
than
0.01%
of
this
could
save
the
sight
of
30
million
people.
(Source:ChristianAid)
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International
trade
is
worth
$10
million
a
minute.
70%
of
this
is
controlled
by
multinational
corporations.
(Source:ChristianAid)
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The
poorest
49
countries
make
up
10%
of
the
world's
population
but
account
for
only
0.4%
of
world
trade.
Their
share
has
halved
since
1980.
(Source:ChristianAid)
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World
trade
robs
poor
countries
of
£1.3
billion
a
day
-
14
times
what
they
get
in
aid.
(Source:CAFOD,
2003) |
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The
prices
of
many
poor
countries'
key
exports
are
at
a
150-year
low.
(Source:ChristianAid) |
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It's
estimated
that
rich
countries
are
gaining
$141.8
billion
per
year
in
trade
and
Africa
is
$2.6
billion
per
year
worse
off.
(Source:ChristianAid) |
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Rich
countries
spend
$100
billion
a
year
to
protect
their
markets
with
tariffs,
quotas
and
subsidies
-
this
is
twice
as
much
as
they
provide
in
aid
for
developing
countries.
(Source:Oxfam) |
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Current
trade
rules
force
Mexican
farmers
who
live
on
a
dollar
a
day
to
compete
with
American
farmers
receiving
subsidies
of
more
than
US$20,000
a
year.
(Source:ChristianAid) |
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The
average
cow
in
the
EU
receives
more
than
$2
a
day
in
subsidies,
whilst
more
than
3
billion
people
in
developing
countries
are
struggling
to
survive
on
less
than
this.
(Source:Cafod) |
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The
EU
gives
$86.8
billion
a
year
to
its
farmers
in
subsidies.
Just
$5
billion
could
help
give
everyone
in
the
world
access
to
safe
water
and
sanitation.
(Source) |
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On
average,
coffee
farmers
are
getting
$1
a
kilogram
while
consumers
are
paying
about
$15
-
a
mark
up
of
1500%.
(Source:
Oxfam) |
| |
Aid |
| • |
In
1970,
22
of
the
world's
richest
countries
pledged
to
spend
0.7%
of
their
national
income
on
aid.
34
years
later,
only
5
countries
have
kept
that
promise.
The
UK
hasn't.
(Source:Save
The
Children) |
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In
2002/3
the
UK
spent
just
0.3%
of
national
income
on
aid.
If
the
UK
met
the
0.7%
target
by
2008,
an
extra
1.5
million
people
could
beat
poverty
that
year.
(Source:Save
The
Children) |
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To
achieve
0.7%,
the
UK
needs
to
increase
its
aid
budget
by
£3
billion.
It
sounds
huge,
but
it
is
possible
-
the
UK
government
found
£5.5
billion
to
fund
the
'war
on
terror'.
(Source:Guardian) |
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Rich
Country
Aid
Commitments:
The
good
the
bad
and
the
ugly |
| |
Debt |
| • |
7
Million
children
die
each
year
as
a
result
of
the
debt
crisis.
(Source:JDC,
2001) |
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For
every
£1
in
grant
aid
to
developing
countries,
more
than
£13
comes
back
in
debt
repayments.
(Source:World
Health
Report
2000) |
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Every
year
Sub-Saharan
Africa,
the
poorest
region
of
the
world,
spends
$14.5
billion
repaying
debts
to
the
world's
rich
countries
and
international
institutions
such
as
the
World
Bank
and
International
Monetary
Fund.
(Source:DATA) |
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If
we
are
to
reach
the
Millennium
Development
Goal
of
halving
the
number
of
people
living
on
less
than
one
dollar
a
day
by
2015,
we
must
cancel
all
the
debts
of
the
poorest
countries.
(Source:Jubilee
Debt
Campaign) |
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More
than
85%
of
the
debt
owed
by
the
world's
poorest
countries
has
yet
to
be
cancelled.
(Source:
Cafod) |
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Debt
cancellation
needed
by
the
world's
poor:
US$
300bn.
Debt
relief
promised
by
creditors
so
far:
US$
110bn.
Debt
cancellation
delivered
by
July
2003:
US$
36bn.
(Source:Cafod) |
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Spread
over
ten
years
the
cost
to
the
UK
taxpayer
of
cancelling
£1.3bn
debt
is
£171m
a
year
or
£2.85
per
UK
citizen
per
year
-
the
price
of
a
pint.
(Source:WDM) |
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Spread
over
20
years,
the
cost
of
cancelling
the
debts
of
the
52
Jubilee
2000
countries
is
only
one
penny
a
day
for
each
person
in
the
industrialised
world.
(Source:World
Centric) |
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Ethiopia,
a
country
with
one
of
the
highest
mortality
rates
in
the
world,
the
$197m
spent
on
servicing
the
national
debt
in
2001
could
have
fully
financed
provision
of
a
basic
package
of
health
care
for
mothers
and
children.
(Source:Oxfam) |
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The
money
spent
on
debt
repayments
could
provide
water
for
around
1.3
billion
people.
(Source:WaterAid) |
The
Millennium
Goals represent
a global
partnership
for development.
The deal
makes clear
that it
is the primary
responsibility
of poor
countries
to work
towards
achieving
the first
seven Goals.
They must
do their
part to
ensure greater
accountability
to citizens
and efficient
use of resources.
But for
poor countries
to achieve
the first
seven Goals,
it is absolutely
critical
that rich
countries
deliver
on their
end of the
bargain
with more
and more
effective
aid, more
sustainable
debt relief
and fairer
trade rules,
well in
advance
of 2015.