Debt Police, The (29/30)
This is also part of this series: Life Series I & II (30)
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Subjects:
African Studies, Global Issues, Globalization, History, Human Rights, Law, Poverty, Sociology |
Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No |
Running Time: 30 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No |
Copyright Date: 2001
Available in French: No
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Uganda has recently benefited from a debt relief initiative designed to redeem the burden of debt crippling the country. But in a country where corruption is rife, is this relief - Uganda's been forgiven 60% of the $120 million it pays to service its foreign debt every year - really going to help the poor? Life travels in rural Uganda with the Uganda Debt Network, and NGO working to ensure that this aid reaches the poor and improves their lives, and reports on the thriving anti-corruption movement that has sprung up, with popular theatre and campaigning schoolchildren. |
Links: http://www.tve.org/life/archive - the produer’s sitewww.tve.org/life/archive/life29main.html