IMF And The World Bank

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with 23$ per person on debt repayment. Because of budget cuts, Sub-Saharan Africa is very vulnerable to basic disease such as Cholera, that are making a come back at a catastrophic pace, owing to the breakdown of water and sewage systems triggered by the economic crisis (Dark Victory,p55). The IMF encourages governments to cut backspending and to downsize government department, thus a rise in employment. the damage in Education Sub-Saharan Africa is significant. for example the percentage of 6-11 years old enrolled in school has fallen from approximatively 60% in 1980 to less than 50% in 1990 (WWW.Jubilee2000uk.org/silent.html). The cut in subsidies for farmers is important. Farmers have less mone while they have to compete with the cashcrops. Pesticide and herbicide are expensive and debt among the farmers are frequent. Only few rich farmers are able to survive and often work for multinationals. Because poor countries are encouraged to grow monocrops, they cause a ...

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