The debt police

The debt police / directed and produced by Steve Bradshaw ; TVE.

Uganda has recently benefited from a debt relief initiative coordinated by the World Bank designed to redeem the burden of debt crippling some of the world's poorest countries. But in a country where corruption is rife, is this relief--Uganda has been forgiven 60% of the $120 million it pays to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Television Trust for the Environment, BBC Worldwide Ltd, Bullfrog Films
Other Authors: Bradshaw, Steve (Journalist) (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Multiple
Published: [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
Series:Life (Bullfrog Films) ; 29.
Subjects:
Uganda Debt Network.
Since 1979
Globalization.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Poverty > Uganda.
Debt relief > Uganda.
Political corruption > Uganda > Prevention.
Social service > Uganda > Finance.
Non-governmental organizations > Uganda.
globalism.
Debt relief.
Economic history.
Non-governmental organizations.
Political corruption > Prevention.
Poverty.
Social conditions.
Social service > Finance.
Uganda > Economic conditions > 1979-
Uganda > Social conditions > 1979-
Uganda.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Uganda has recently benefited from a debt relief initiative coordinated by the World Bank designed to redeem the burden of debt crippling some of the world's poorest countries. But in a country where corruption is rife, is this relief--Uganda has been forgiven 60% of the $120 million it pays to service its foreign debt every year--really going to help the poor? Life travels in rural Uganda with the Uganda Debt Network, an NGO working to ensure that this aid reaches the poor and improves their lives.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: TVE International, ©2000.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (26 min.)
Audience:7 and up.
Production Credits:Series producer, Luke Gawin ; editor, Sotira Kyriacou ; series editor, Robert Lamb.
Participant or Performer:Narrator, Steve Bradshaw ; commentary, Christine Nantongo, Abdul Aziz, Warren Tumutende, Stephen Hanke, Ann Pettifor, Steven Bikuzibwa Baba.
Language:In English and native languages with English voiceovers.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).

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