TY - BOOK AU - DENT Martin AU - PETERS Bill TI - Poverty and debt in the third world: confronting a global crisis SN - (pbk.) PY - 1998/// CY - Leamington Spa, UK PB - RISCT KW - DEBTS KW - DEVELOPING COUNTRIES KW - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KW - POVERTY N2 - Assesses the validity of the idea of debt remission and proposes a pratical programme of action for liberating the world's poor countries from the burden of unpayable debt. Suggests that a dramatic reduction of accumulated debts among the worst affected communities is essential to achieve social stability on which the wider world order may depend ER -