Relief

Abstract

11:00-1:00 Session I: Debt: Evolution, Impact and Response Questions: • What factors led to the growth of debt and the crisis? Are any of these factors still present, and what can be done about them? (examples: poor borrowing and lending decisions, oil crisis, natural disasters, weak economic governance and corruption) • What has been the response of the international community? • What is the impact of debt on development? • Do all sectors feel the impact of debt equally, or are the poor particularly damaged? Why? • What are the costs of structural adjustment for patterns and speed of growth? • What are the costs of structural adjustment for poverty and the living conditions of the poor? P a r l i a m e n t a r i a n s f o r G l o b a l A c t i o n