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- Ed Broadbent
September 1, 2005
When the G-8 finance ministers met in London in June, and agreed to write off $40 billion of the debt owed by the world’s poorest nations to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the African Development Bank, the press was lavish in its praise. The BBC announced that “the world’s eight richest countries have reached a landmark debt relief deal to alleviate global poverty.” U.K.