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The task is to understand how the capitalist system works in relation to loans from the financial institutions of rich countries to the poorest countries of the world, and how the poor nations always end up paying more for their debt.
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Western nations and international organizations such as the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization have during the last 40 years used their vast economic resources to gain control of resources in newly independent nations in Africa and Asia and in poor Latin American countries.<br /> <br /> Large investments financed by huge loans have failed in country after country trapping them in debt and then forcing them to abide by dictates of IMF and other agencies so as to avoid bankruptcy.<br /> <br /> In 1973 the total loans of 3<sup>rd</sup> world countries was 130 billion USA.<br /> In 1982 it was 612 billion USD.<br /> In 2006 it was 3.2 trillion USD.<br /> The total down payments of these loans are 375 billion USD every year.<br /> This is 20 times as much as the rich countries donate in development aid!<br /> <br /> Why - and for whom does this system work?<br /> Western nations and international organizations such as the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization have during the last 40 years used their vast economic resources to gain control of resources in newly independent nations in Africa and Asia and in poor Latin American countries.<br /> <br /> Large investments financed by huge loans have failed in country after country trapping them in debt and then forcing them to abide by dictates of IMF and other agencies so as to avoid bankruptcy.<br /> <br /> In 1973 the total loans of 3<sup>rd</sup> world countries was 130 billion USA.<br /> In 1982 it was 612 billion USD.<br /> In 2006 it was 3.2 trillion USD.<br /> The total down payments of these loans are 375 billion USD every year.<br /> This is 20 times as much as the rich countries donate in development aid!<br /> <br /> Why - and for whom does this system work?<br /> Western nations and international organizations such as the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization have during the last 40 years used their vast economic resources to gain control of resources in newly independent nations in Africa and Asia and in poor Latin American countries.<br /> <br /> Large investments financed by huge loans have failed in country after country trapping them in debt and then forcing them to abide by dictates of IMF and other agencies so as to avoid bankruptcy.<br /> <br /> In 1973 the total loans of 3<sup>rd</sup> world countries was 130 billion USA.<br /> In 1982 it was 612 billion USD.<br /> In 2006 it was 3.2 trillion USD.<br /> The total down payments of these loans are 375 billion USD every year.<br /> This is 20 times as much as the rich countries donate in development aid!<br /> <br /> Why - and for whom does this system work?<br />
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This task is scheduled for 5 hours. <ol> <li>Read History Front: “The debt trap slams shut”.</li> <li>Describe in 5 points how poor nations are trapped in debt.</li> <li>Describe in 5 other points the effects of the debt trap.</li> <li>Answer and argue for your response to the question: "Why - and for whom does this system work?"</li> <li>Send to your teacher</li> </ol> Files:<br /> F1. History Front: “The debt trap slams shut<span style="color:black">”</span><span style="color:black">, p. 1529-1540. </span><span style="color:black">First private edition, 2009.</span>
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