The WORLDwrite G8 Quiz

Take the G8 Uncovered Debt Cancellation Quiz and find out if you have been deceived!

Please read each of the statements below and then choose whether you think it is True or a Lie below. Then submit your answers and find out if you've been deceived!

Statement One

The debt repayments of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) have been slashed by $490 million in 2006 and cash-strapped countries now have more money to spend on education, health, water and sanitation.
true
lie

Statement Two

Geldof and Bono will be heavily involved with the German media during the G8 summit to raise awareness. DATA (Geldof's think tank) will be running an "Intellectual Aid" session to instruct finance ministers on broken promises.
true
lie

Statement Three

Debt relief has allowed HIPCs to divert external debt repayments to dramatically improve social services.
true
lie

Statement Four

The official G8 agenda at Heiligendamm for Africa is entitled "Growth and Responsibilty", which focuses on issues of good governance and on China's "irresponsible" lending.
true
lie

Statement Five

G8 debt relief will not "make poverty history" by itself, but the doubling of aid will encourage real progress.
true
lie

Statement Six

The major focus of NGOs is on the G8's broken promises, aid cuts and double counting; they are also defending the "historic gains" of debt cancellation for poverty reduction.
true
lie

Statement Seven

If the G8 keep their Gleneagles promises, Africa will make serious progress towards halving extreme poverty and tackling disease in Africa.
true
lie

Statement Eight

In May 2007 G8 finance ministers rapped China's and Africa's knuckles for agreeing $20 billion in loans, saying it ran counter to "responsible" lending practices.
true
lie

Statement Nine

Micro-credit - small loans for the penniless - can transform the lives of the poor.
true
lie

Statement Ten

Geldof's think tank DATA admits in its report that "by 2010, it is very unlikely that any sub-Saharan African countries will be benefiting from debt cancellation."
true
lie

Statement Eleven

The G8's promise to provide an additional $1.5 billion by 2010 to help 85% of the populations affected by malaria through the provision of more malaria bed nets and anti-malarials will tackle the scourge of malaria.
true
lie

Statement Twelve

Bob Geldof said "we were able to say to Africans, you know, here is the bargain. If you introduce accountability and transparency we will help fund infrastructure and grow your economies."
true
lie

Statement Thirteen

G8 promises of "universal access to HIV treatment" and an "AIDS-free generation" have propelled the percentage of HIV+ Africans on anti-retrovirals from 1% in 2002 to 28% at the end of 2006.
true
lie

Statement Fourteen

Senegal's finance minister Aboulaye Diop said that the "Chinese treat us like adults".
true
lie

Statement Fifteen

Ghana plans to issue bonds in the Eurobond market in July to raise more than $500 million, and Nigeria is set to follow along with other African countries.
true
lie

Statement Sixteen

The G8's and NGO's preoccupation with "pro-poor growth" is at least a step forward for developing countries.
true
lie

Statement Seventeen

HIPC dustbins, toilets and wells may appear trifling but they are much needed and make a difference to the real lives of the poor.
true
lie

Statement Eighteen

The failure to reform global trade is not the main hurdle for Ghana and other poor countries.
true
lie

Statement Nineteen

The World Bank initiated the debt relief crusade.
true
lie

Statement Twenty

WORLDwrite is a charity that makes North South equality non-negotiable.
true
lie

Now please click "Submit".