Up in Arms

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.

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