Solving Inequalities Flashcards
1
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Mircocredit
A
- wireless pain phone service
- 55,000 phones currently in operation
- improve living hood of women
- England to india
- won international telecommunication union worlds information society in 2008
2
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Conservation swap
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- USA to brazil
- $21 million of Brazilian debt used to fund protecting tropical ecosystems
- USA signed similar agreement with 15 other countries
3
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Debt relief
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- LEDCs will never pay it back
- Allows them to spend it on essentials
- all uk political parties committed to maintain the aid target of spreading 0.7% of national income on aid
4
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Make poverty history
A
- National Corporation
- puts pressure on governments to reduce debt
- $1 billion per year of debt was dropped in 18 countries