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LGBT Rights (Uganda)

Proceeding contribution from Crispin Blunt (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 April 2014. It occurred during Adjournment debate on LGBT Rights (Uganda).

I understand that the World Bank has conducted a study of the economic effects of discrimination in foreign countries. I am told that the sum effect of the discrimination that is driving multinationals away from countries where there are such laws has been a reduction of up to 1.6% in GDP. I do not have the references, but this is a straightforward economic argument: what is being done in Uganda is absolutely not in its own economic interest.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
578 c966 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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