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The PRGF Synthesis
09 10 2008 This study discusses the PRGF and the question of fiscal space as perceived by the citizens who are affected by IMF policy instruments. Conditions are one of the most controversial aspects of IMF and World Bank lending.
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PRGF/PSI Panel Discussion
09 10 2008 This panel discussion will address the trends, prospects and challenges of developing countries using the fiscal space emanating from the PRGF/PSI for development programmes. It will focus on both policy content and structural reform and the impact of the PRGF/PSI in releasing sufficient resources both domestically and externally-sourced in addressing development needs.
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WB/IMF Annual Meetings 2008
09 10 2008 The 2008 Annual Meetings of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be held next weekend of October 11-13, at the WB and IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. As in previous years the Civil Society Policy Forum will be organized alongside the Annual Meetings.
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IMF GOLD SALES LETTER
08 10 2008 On the eve of annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank that will focus on the global financial crisis, more than 200 health, education, faith-based, labor and development organizations from every region of the world are urging the IMF to change policies that have restricted pro-development investments in health, education and HIV/AIDS spending in developing countries befor
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The United States and the World: Where are We Headed?
07 10 2008 The United States appears to be embarking on a transition on two major fronts: its own economy, both financial and real; and its relations with the rest of the world. There is some relation between these two transitions. Some of these changes will depend on the outcome of the U.S. national election in November, and some will not.
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The United States and the World: Where Are We Headed?
07 10 2008 The United States appears to be embarking on a transition on two major fronts: its own economy, both financial and real; and its relations with the rest of the world. There is some relation between these two transitions. Some of these changes will depend on the outcome of the U.S. national election in November, and some will not.
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Enhancing Voice and Participation of Developing and Transition Countries in the World Bank Group
07 10 2008 A leaked copy of the final paper to go to the executive board on reforming the governance of the World Bank. The board discussed the paper on 29 September 2008.
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A Primer on the Wall Street Meltdown
02 10 2008 NEW YORK â€' Flying into New York Tuesday, I had the same feeling I had when I arrived in Beirut two years ago, at the height of the Israeli bombing of that city â€' that of entering a war zone.
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Inside the institutions: IFC advisory services
02 10 2008 The advisory services (AS) department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has grown rapidly since its establishment in 1986 and is seen by the IFC as one factor that distinguishes them from other financiers.
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Bank plays blocking game in Accra aid negotiations
02 10 2008 The Bank´s confused identity in the aid effectiveness negotiations in Accra in early September was revealed as it oscillated between player, referee and match organiser.
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World Bank new poverty estimates: more confusing than ever
02 10 2008 The World Bank finally published a new count of the extreme poor worldwide at end-August. As expected the new figures are fuelling the ongoing debate on poverty estimates.
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The Bank of the South: the search for an alternative to IFIs
02 10 2008 Despite the political victory of transformative forces in South America, differences of opinion over the direction of the Bank of the South, a new regional development bank, may slow progress towards developing an autonomous alternative to the World Bank and IMF-dominated international financial architecture.
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World Bank, NGOs clash at roundtable on odious debt
02 10 2008 A recent roundtable meeting shows that some progress has been made in official understanding of odious debt, but that the World Bank is remaining very cautious on the topic.
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IFI inspection mechanisms slam Bank faults in Uganda and Nigeria
02 10 2008 The Bujagali dam project in Uganda and the West Africa Gas Pipeline project in Nigeria have been roundly criticised by the World Bank's Inspection Panel.
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Pipe dreams shattered in Georgia
02 10 2008 The World Bank and others have tried to convince the region's poor that oil pipelines in the Caucuses would bring economic prosperity and strengthen democracy in the region. However, this Caspian oil game is partly to blame for the increased poverty, conflict and misery that now plagues the thousands of citizens displaced in the August conflict in Georgia.
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'No regrets': The World Bank and climate change
02 10 2008 The World Bank has just finished consultations on a new strategic framework for its climate change work, which has one common thread: a massively increased role for the Bank. Yet there is little reflection on the reasons why the Bank's record in this area is so poor, as detailed by a number of recent reports.
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World Bank and IMF get a dose of health criticism
02 10 2008 While falling short of claiming that the World Bank and the IMF cause people to die, a massive study on the social determinants of health by the World Health Organisation and another on tuberculosis treatment in Eastern Europe each fault the IFIs for exacerbating inequality in access to health care.
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Facing the food crisis: what alternatives?
27 09 2008 The food crisis has left thousands of people worldwide without food. With statistics showing 850 million hungry, the World Bank estimates that the current crisis increases that number by a hundred more. This 'tsunami' of hunger is no natural process, but stems from the neoliberal policies of international institutions, imposed over decades.
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Proposed Reforms to the Exogenous Shocks Facility
23 09 2008 Official IMF policy paper on changes made to the design of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF) loan, intended to respond to the global food and fuel price crises in low-income countries through faster, easier and more flexible financial assistance.
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CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCACY LETTER ON THE IMF's Exogenous Shocks Facility
23 09 2008 Civil society advocacy letter, submitted on 29 August, preceding the IMF Executive Board's discussion on the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF), urges three central advocacy points: (1) The ESF’s high-access component should not be attached to any policy conditionality in its recent modifications and should focus on providing rapid, short-term, and concessional cash transfers to address the immedia
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Enhancing Voice and Participation of Developing and Transition Countries in the World Bank Group: Options for Reform
22 09 2008 Leaked copy of the options paper for reform of World Bank governance. It discussed at the Board in early September.
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Poverty is not decreasing as the World Bank claims
22 09 2008 On the eve of a UN presidential meeting on poverty reduction the mainstream consensus that globalization is reducing poverty around the world was challenged today by Social Watch, a network of 400 civil society organizations in 70 countries.
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IFIs LA Monitor Newsletter - August, 2008
19 09 2008 In this edition you will find:
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Week of Global Action against Debt and IFIs
19 09 2008 We urge you all to join the Week of Global Action against Debt and International Financial Institutions - a week of various forms of citizen's actions and mobilizations worldwide from October 12 to 19, 2008.The Week includes many special dates:October 12 - Continental day of resistance to colonialism and neocolonial neoliberalism (Americas)
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World Bank governance letter
18 09 2008 Letter signed by more than 80 organisations and 50 individuals demands urgent changes to WOrld Bank governance: "Key to this is a commitment to parity of voice between developed, and developing and transition countries within an agreed timeframe.
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