Rabbit House Blueprints

How are the relations between the North and South ?

Financial Flows:
_ debt of the South has increased by 7 and 4 times repaid by the mere fact of the game in interest rates of loans indexed to the dollar.
_ 50% of loans granted leave to the North in return (relative to the source G8) _
amount of aid international migrants to their countries of origin: $ 165 billion (according to the IMF)
_ Amount of capital outflows from Africa to the West: $ 160 billion (African Union)
_ Amount of international public support (all countries of the South) to the development in 2005: $ 100 billion (according to Le Monde)
_ Amount expected (partly realized) of debt cancellation by the G8 50milliards of $

The WTO agreements
loss of revenue for countries in sub-Saharan Africa related to Uruguay Round was estimated at $ 1.2 billion in 1997 (UNDP)

export subsidies Western
_ Loss of income sub-Saharan Africa due to subsidies and protectionism in industrialized countries agricultural and agro-industry is $ 2 billion (Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics) _
subsidies in the OECD area are increasing and reached 300 billion in 2002 to $
_ The U.S. cotton is sold for export to 35% of its cost through subsidies
_ The European bovine meat is sold at 47% of its cost through subsidies (source: Oxfam)

The Brain Drain:
_ Zambia lost 1,200 of its 1,600 doctors (report to G8)

The economic decline of Africa:
_ The share of Africa in world trade has risen % from June to February in 20 years (compared to G8) _
18 African countries have seen their living standards decline between 1990 and 2003 (UNDP)
_ The world price of sugar fell by 77%, coffee 64%, cocoa by 71% _
BurkinaFaso had to lower the 50% of its tariffs on imports of rice, at the request of the World Bank, reflecting its production chain is unstructured, 80% of rice consumed is now imported (source OXFAM)

operating agreement unfair business:
_ contribution of multinationals to host country has the right to operate: Gambia 1% (nickel), Nigeria 13% (petroleum), Boswana 50% (diamonds) (sources Le Monde, RFI, Stieglitz)

International corruption:
_ In 1977 the governments Europeans have made tax deductible amounts of corruption charges declared as exceptional business. This practice is possible today through subsidiaries outside the OECD area. In the U.S. this practice is prohibited by the Federal Corrupt Practices Act (source: Eva Joly) _
contract before commissions are on average 2.5% market share in petroleum, 25% in arms (statement of Loïc Floch Prigent at his trial)
_ The ELF system consisting of subscriptions to be levied on every barrel of oil 0.40 ca license $ 150 million annually to African leaders
_ The diversion officers ELF between 89 and 93 has atteint300 million €
_ were found interconnections between regular financial accounts and accounts of ELF rival warlords in Angola and Congo Brazzaville
_ 12 000 shell companies registered in Luxembourg, 2100 judicial letters rogatory flock there each year, 20% are executed
_ assets of Channel Islands are close to half the GDP of Great Britain.

The health and social:
_ 4 million children die each year in Africa curable diseases for lack of care
_ 20 million people with HIV are not treated
_ 40 million African children not attending school (compared to G8)