Comments on: Debt Vote on Thursday. Jubilee! http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/02/debt-vote-on-thursday-jubilee/ The Campaign to Make Poverty History Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Debra Goldenberg http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/02/debt-vote-on-thursday-jubilee/#comment-537426 Debra Goldenberg Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:16:37 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/02/debt-vote-on-thursday-jubilee/#comment-537426 fantastic! There is a text of the bill here, in case anyone wants to know what it actually says: http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.2166: Fun fact from above: we have helped 22 countries with debt relief, and now Great Britain is calling for extending debt relief to 67 qualified countires. It also includes this paragraph that gives some positive news about results so far: (6) Resources released by debt relief efforts to date are reaching the poor. Cameroon is using the $29,800,000 of savings it will gain from the MDRI in 2006 for national poverty reduction priorities, including infrastructure, social sector and governance reforms. Uganda is using its $57,900,000 savings in 2006 on improving energy infrastructure to try to ease acute electricity shortages, as well as primary education, malaria control, healthcare and water infrastructure (specifically targeting the poor and under-served villages). Zambia is using its savings of $23,800,000 under the MDRI in 2006 to increase spending on agricultural projects, such as smallholder irrigation and livestock disease control, as well as to eliminate fees for healthcare in rural areas. ...so the work of Jubilee and ONE and others is really doing some good! fantastic!

There is a text of the bill here, in case anyone wants to know what it actually says:

http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.2166:

Fun fact from above: we have helped 22 countries with debt relief, and now Great Britain is calling for extending debt relief to 67 qualified countires.

It also includes this paragraph that gives some positive news about results so far:

(6) Resources released by debt relief efforts to date are reaching the poor. Cameroon is using the $29,800,000 of savings it will gain from the MDRI in 2006 for national poverty reduction priorities, including infrastructure, social sector and governance reforms. Uganda is using its $57,900,000 savings in 2006 on improving energy infrastructure to try to ease acute electricity shortages, as well as primary education, malaria control, healthcare and water infrastructure (specifically targeting the poor and under-served villages). Zambia is using its savings of $23,800,000 under the MDRI in 2006 to increase spending on agricultural projects, such as smallholder irrigation and livestock disease control, as well as to eliminate fees for healthcare in rural areas.

…so the work of Jubilee and ONE and others is really doing some good!

]]> By: sammi http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/02/debt-vote-on-thursday-jubilee/#comment-537421 sammi Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:52:35 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/02/debt-vote-on-thursday-jubilee/#comment-537421 just got word that it passed committee! =) just got word that it passed committee!

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