Debt Relief in Africa Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives

Africa suffers from a heavy debt burden of some $230 billion, most of which is long term. Some countries are shouldering debt levels 2x & 3x the size of their economy. This hearing focuses on what the U. S. & the internat. financial institutions are doing to help African countries address this problem. Witnesses: Donald Payne, Congressman from IN; Tom Campbell, Congressman from CA; Barbara Lee, Congresswoman from CA; Maxine Waters, Congresswoman from CA; William Schuerch, Assist. Sec. of the Treasury for Internat. Develop., Debt, & Environ. Policy; George Ayittey, Prof. of Econ., American Univ.; & Njoki Njehu, Dir., 50 Years is Not Enough; & Daniel Zavala, Debt Advisory Internat.Royce, Edward is the author of 'Debt Relief in Africa Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives' with ISBN 9780756715793 and ISBN 0756715792.