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Title: Responding to Economic Crisis in Africa
 
Africa Policy Information Center
go to issues and actions, then debt relief
http://www.Africapolicy.org/index.shtml
African Problems - African Initiatives
book with chapters on SAPs and African alternatives
http://www.africapolicy.org/african-initiatives/
Alternative Information and Development Centre
see globalization and debt under archives
http://aidc.org.za/
Corporate Watch
check out globalization and corporate rule, under resources
http://www.corpwatch.org
The Development Gap
check out a series of relevant documents
http://www.igc.org/dgap/
Economic Commission for Africa
especially good for info on African economies today
http://www.uneca.org/
Economic Justice Now
good background on SAPs and US policy
http://www.economicjustice.org/resources/media/inFocus_3_3.html
European Network on Debt and Development
http://www.oneworld.org/eurodad/
50 Years is Enough
US Network for Global Economic Justice
http://www.50years.org/
Global Policy Forum
try social/economic policy
http://www.globalpolicy.org/
HIPC Debt Initiative
debt relief for the most heavily indebted countries (mostly African)
http://www.worldbank.org/hipc/
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/
Jubilee 2000 Coalition
an international movement for a debt-free start for a billion people
http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/
Jubilee 2000 USA
what is happening in the US to mobilize for debt cancellation
http://www.j2000usa.org/j2000/
Mobilization for Global Justice
determined to defund the fund, break the bank, dump the debt
http://www.a16.org/
MbendiAfropaedia
with information for potential international investors in Africa
http://mbendi.co.za/
OPIC
US government agency that advises potential overseas investors
http://www.opic.gov/
Oxfam International
for helpful info on debt and economic crisis, click on advocacy
http://www.oxfam.org/
SAPRIN
'Standing up to structural adjustment'
http://www.igc.org/dgap/saprin/
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

 

 

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