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Film over Debt Justice in Malawi

Datum: 17-02-2011

Onze Noorse collega-organisatie SLUG heeft met de Malawi Economic Justice Network een film gemaakt over schulden en mensenrechten in Malawi. In de film wordt onder meer ingegaan op de gevolgen van het HIPC-schuldverlichtingsprogramma van de Wereldbank en het IMF.

Ga naar SLUG's website om de film te bekijken.

"Debt Justice" - SLUG's film about debt in Malawi

Large debt burdens were a reason why Malawi for many years had to cut back on public spending. The human rights and social security of the people suffered from this. SLUG has, in collaboration with the Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN), made a movie about debt and human rights in Malawi.

Malawi achieved partial debt cancellation through the World Bank and IMF's HIPC program, but only after following strict economic demands including privatization and liberalization. Among other things this led the country into famine.

Debt relief has freed up sorely needed funds which have been channeled into sectors such as education, health and food. But Malawi is still lacking resources. One challenge now is to keep prioritizing public expenditure at a time when the IMF states that the global financial crisis has increased the low-income countries' vulnerability to new debt crises. Additional debt relief may be necessary.

SLUG film is divided into four parts. Part 1 provides than introduction to the topic and to the debt situation in Malawi. Part 2 looks at progresses and challenges in the education sector and show interviews with students, teachers and the World Bank. Part 3 deals with the health sector, and looks at the conditions in hospitals and clinics. Part 4 looks at the agricultural sector and food security. The famine of 2001/02 is central in the interview

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