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WS MoreOrLess: Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History
What's been achieved in the ten years since the G8 agreed to wipe the debts of some of the poorest countries. An agreement made as Live 8 demanded they ‘Make Poverty History’.
Its ten years since some of the world’s richest nations met in Gleneagles, Scotland. It was there that the G8 agreed to improve trade with developing nations, increase aid, and to wipe the debt of some of the poorest countries. The agreement followed Live 8 where the likes of Bono and Bob Geldof demanded that they ‘Make Poverty History’. Wesley Stephenson and the More or Less team look at what has been achieved during the past decade.
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