Debt and Development: How to Provide Efficient, Effective Assistance to the World's Poorest Countries : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 8, 2005, Volume 4

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Page 6 - I yield back the balance of my time. [The prepared statement of Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney can be found on page 33 in the appendix.] Chairman KING.
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Page 56 - We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world poverty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The practical solutions exist. The political framework is established. And for the first time. the cost is utterly affordable. Whatever one's motivation for attacking the crisis of extreme poverty — human rights. religious values. security, fiscal prudence, ideology — the solutions are the same. All that is needed...
Page 56 - The goals are: • to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger • to achieve universal primary education • to promote gender equality and empower women • to reduce child mortality • to improve maternal health • to combat HIV/Aids, malaria and other diseases • to ensure environmental sustainability • to develop a global partnership for development.
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Page 47 - Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Cold to a New Aid Architecture (Washington, DC: Center for Global Development, 2002), available at www.cgdev.org/Publications/index.cfm7PublD~42. See also Nancy Birdsall and Brian Deese, "Delivering on Debt Relief...
Page 7 - Members of the Subcommittee, I am very pleased to have this opportunity to speak to you about current US interests and foreign policy priorities in Southeast Asia.
Page 54 - Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology...
Page 57 - ... financing for development around the world, particularly in developing countries. Our goal is to eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development as we advance to a fully inclusive and equitable global economic system. 2. We note with concern current estimates of dramatic shortfalls in resources required to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration.2 3.
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