Globalisierung

[ThomasWach]

ZUm G-8 Gipfel in Petersburg in Sachen Welthandel und Globalisierung und seine Folgen:

Op-Ed: Keeping the G8's Promises to the Poor

by Kemal Dervis

When the Group of Eight convenes in St. Petersburg Saturday for the annual summit of the leading industrialized nations, the world’s developing countries will be watching with keen interest and raised expectations.

To their credit, at their last gathering in Scotland, the G8 leaders took on the challenge of extreme poverty in Africa, Asia and elsewhere in the developing world. They agreed to write off un-payable loans owed by highly indebted but low-income nations and promised an additional $50 billion in annual development aid by 2010, including a doubling of assistance to Africa. Perhaps most importantly, they pledged support for a pro-poor conclusion of global trade talks, with commitments to cut their own trade-distorting farm subsidies and to lift barriers to imports from the least developed countries.
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