World Bank and IMF
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- Suggestions for the IMF to adapt management and governance to the changing global environment
- ( J. Boorman / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung , 2008)
- How could the management and governance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) be reformed to address the growing criticism it faces? This paper argues that reform must bring about a clearer de...
- Critical conditions: the IMF maintains its grip on low-income governments
- ( N. Molina;J. Pereira / European Network on Debt and Development , 2008)
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Faced with strong criticism for its expansive and poor use of conditionality, and in the wake of a financial crisis, in 2002 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a set of guidelines ...
- Is the IMF responsible for the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers in developing countries?
- ( R. Rowden / IFIwatchnet , 2008)
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This paper highlights the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers hired in developing countries. It critically addresses current International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies with a focus on the need...
The World Bank's destructive role in African agriculture
- ( K. Havnevik;D. Bryceson;L. Birgegård / Fahamu , 2008)
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The World Bank has played a prominent role in shaping agricultural policy in Africa. This article asserts that this role has often been highly destructive, both in regards to African agriculture an...
- Is the World Bank still a relevant lender?
- ( C.C Khoon / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2007)
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The emergence of multi-polar sources of development financing in recent years has created some leverage for borrowers in their negotiations with lenders over the terms
of borrowing. This arti... - World Bank and IMF must fully analyse impacts before embarking on action
- ( E. Stuart / European Network on Debt and Development , 2007)
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Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of act...
- What are the shortcomings of the World Development Report on agriculture?
- ( S. Murphy;T. Santarius / Heinrich Boell Foundation , 2008)
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For the first time in 25 years, the World Bank’s annual Development Report (WDR 2008) is dedicated to agriculture. This review of the WDR 2008 is written from the perspective of a recen...
- Consolidating global efforts for trade justice
- ( Christian Aid , 2007)
- This advocacy guide examines what is meant by trade justice, what needs to change, and how the campaign will help make poverty history. It argues that forcing liberalisation on poor countrie...
- The world’s economy is in a precarious position: what to do about it?
- ( J.J Teunissen;A. Akkerman / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2007)
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A major risk for the world economy, and especially for developing countries, is an abrupt unwinding of global imbalances. This volume compiles the perspectives of several authorities on internation...
- Making the best use of the information published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- ( Global Transparency Initiative , 2007)
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This guide outlines how civil society organisations can use the information published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to hold their governments accountable for decisions made on economic p...
