Also, civil society must stay vigilant because the details of the deal will be worked out over the upcomingweeks at the IMF and World Bank boards. What we have right now is only a broad agreement; the finer details are what will matter.
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The G-8 made a promise this summer that some of the world's poorest nations would see their debts to the IMF and World Bank totally and irrevocably erased. Now some governments and the World Bank are trying to take that promise back. That is unacceptable.
Also, civil society must stay vigilant because the details of the deal will be worked out over the upcoming weeks at the IMF and World Bank boards. What we have right now is only a broad agreement; the finer details are what will matter.
To top it off, the Bank is asking these countries to keep making non-refundable debt payments to the Bank instead of using the funds to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, and now avian flu in Africa. We call on the US Executive Director and the World Bank's Board to do the right thing and scrap these delays when they meet on Thursday.
Debt service drains money away from social spending and HIV/AIDS drugs. But under the Bank's proposal, Malawi would wait until July 2007 to see desperately needed relief, more than one year after qualifying (for debt cancellation).
Last summer, President Bush and other world leaders promised debt cancellation to the world's most impoverished countries. But a proposal before the World Bank this week would needlessly delay cancellation for at least two years from last year's G-8 summit for more than half of those countries eligible.
This quote is just one of 7 total Neil Watkins quotes in our collection. Neil Watkins is known for saying 'Also, civil society must stay vigilant because the details of the deal will be worked out over the upcoming weeks at the IMF and World Bank boards. What we have right now is only a broad agreement; the finer details are what will matter.' as well as some of the following quotes.