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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 21, 2005 / Up in Arms

Up in Arms

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Pledges made at the G8 summit for fighting world poverty mainly dealt with aid, trade rules, and debt servicing. In this week’s Underreported feature, we’ll examine an overlooked issue: the impact of the arms trade on global poverty. We’ll be speaking with William Hartung, director of the World Policy Institute’s Arms Trade Research Center, and Debbie Hillier, a Senior Policy Analyst for Oxfam.

» Underreported series


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