Written question asked by Lord Judd (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 March 1995. It was answered by Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 March 1995.

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Chalker of Wallasey, RtHonBaroness

Question

If, at forthcoming social summit in Copenhagen, they will support moves - to ensure that social development objectives form an integral part of all international macroeconomic policy; to ensure that national govts fulfil their obligations to secure basic social and economic rights; to institute internationally agreed targets for eradication of poverty and indicators to measure progress in social development; to ensure that structural adjustment programmes are based on careful analysis of their impact on poverty, and contain specific social development goals; to act on recent research by World Bank which indicates that current social safety nets which it funds may reach only 1% of those in need; and to give special consideration to those developing countries where multilateral debt constitutes an important part of their total debt, and to sell limited quantities of IMF gold stocks to help meet this problem.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

562 c10WA

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Debts Developing countries Development aid Human rights Economic policy International Monetary Fund Poverty World Bank World Summit for Social Development Social policy