CIAO DATE: 10/2008
October 2007
In many of the poorest countries, the provision of decent, accessible public services - delivered by a qualified and properly paid workforce - is threatened by huge debt burdens and damaging policies demanded by creditors.
Every day 4,000 children die from diarrhoea, a disease of dirty water, and 1,400 women die in pregnancy or childbirth. In developing countries, public services can men the difference between life and death.
Resource link: Debt and Public Services [PDF] - 343K