Irish Campaigners Call on Minister Cowen to Stop Paying for Poverty 

Press Release
Monday 12th November 2007

Released by: Africa Centre, Comhlámh, Christian Aid Ireland, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland, Latin America Solidarity Centre and Trócaire.

As a major World Bank meeting kicked off in Dublin today justice campaigners called on Finance Minister Brian Cowen to stop paying for poverty.

The World Bank meeting, being held in Malahide, Co.Dublin today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday), will bring together the richest members of the World Bank to decide how much money to give to the International Development Association (IDA), the arm of the World Bank that lends to the poorest countries over the next three years.

Nina Sachau of Comhlamh commented: "Ireland has a major opportunity today to send a clear message to the World Bank that it must fundamentally change how it does business. It is unacceptable that the World Bank gives money to poor countries with one hand, but takes it away with the other through imposing what are often very damaging economic policy conditions." 

You can read the full version of this press release by clicking this link:

http://www.comhlamh.org/irish-campaigners-call-on-minister-cowen-to-stop-paying-for-poverty.