ABSTRACT
Leprosy was being held in check, even reduced because of a vigorous campaign, but other diseases such as malaria and poliomyelitis were creeping back, a view the Leprosy Assistants were able to confirm. Martin Dent paper unequivocally advocated a campaign, based on his work with students at Keele, for the cancellation of the unpayable debt of highly impoverished poor countries which would never be able to meet their obligations. The idea of a debt cancellation campaign caught fire at the Seminar with Washington Okumu providing much practical advice on how it should be fashioned to win wider acceptance among academics, governments and the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). At the Whitehall end, however, efforts continued, notably with the proposal by Kenneth Clarke as Chancellor of the Exchequer that a proportion of the International Monetary Fund gold reserves should be sold to provide resources for IFI debt cancellation.
