During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to work for "100 percent debt cancellation for the world's heavily-indebted poor countries.”
This is an ambitious promise, but there is evidence that the issue remains on the table within the administration.
Jubilee USA Network — an alliance of more than 75 religious denominations and human rights, environmental, labor and community groups working on behalf of debt cancellation in Asia, Africa and Latin America — told PolitiFact that it is currently working with the administration to set a date for a meeting about this promise in the fall.
"There will be a meeting with the administration this fall, but there is not a confirmed date or attendee list as of yet,” said Jennifer Tong, the group"s communications and development coordinator. "Most likely our partner organizations will be there as well.”
A planned meeting hardly equals a Promise Kept, but it demonstrates that the issue isn"t dead. So we"ll keep this promise at In the Works.