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Pomona
Student Union Debate on The Consequences of Debt Relief
for Africa
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The Pomona Student Union (PSU) at Pomona College will host a
debate on the consequences of debt relief for Africa and
what it means for the future of the continent, on Friday,
Oct. 7, at noon. The debate is open to the public and will
be held in the Pomona College Smith Campus Center, Room 208
(170 E. Sixth St., Claremont). There is no charge to attend,
though there is a small charge for lunch.
Participating in the debate are Debayani Kar of the Jubilee
USA Network; Kathryn Lavelle: associate professor of
political science at Case Western Reserve University; and
Todd Moss, a research fellow at the Center for Global
Development.
Debayani Kar is the communications and advocacy coordinator
of Jubilee USA Network, the U.S. arm of an international
movement working for debt cancellation for impoverished
nations. The organization is a network of over 60 religious
denominations, labor groups, environmental organizations,
and community and advocacy groups “working for a world free
of debt for billions of people.”
Kathryn Lavelle focuses her research on financial politics
in the United Nations system, with a focus on public and
private interest groups active on policy issues related to
global capital flows. She is the author of The Politics
of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets (Oxford University
Press, 2004), which examines the intersection of domestic
politics and international relations. She has also been
published in The Journal of Modern African Studies,
Third World Quarterly, Review of International
Political Economy, International Studies Review
and The Columbia Journal of World Business.
Todd Moss, at the Center for Global Development,
concentrates on US-Africa relations and financial issues
facing sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently researching
portfolio investment flows to low-income countries, the role
of private corporations in development, and an assessment of
private sector development strategies. He is also working on
the economic crisis in Zimbabwe and leads the Center's work
on Nigerian debt. Moss previously worked at the World Bank.
His most recent book is Adventure Capitalism:
Globalization and the Political Economy of Stock Markets in
Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
The debate is sponsored by the Pomona Student Union, a
non-partisan student organization dedicated to "raising the
level of honest and open dialogue on campus. By helping
students become more knowledgeable and better informed on
the political and social issues that confront our society,
PSU aims to create informed citizens.”
Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offers a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. More information about Pomona College can
be found on the Web at www.pomona.edu.
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