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In February, about 300 activists from the Student Federation of Thailand, the Forum of the Poor and labour groups burnt effigies of IMF managing-director Michel Camdessus and some Thai politicians in a protest in Bangkok where officials were attending the UNCTAD-X meeting. They accused the IMF of leaving the poor in destitution and denounced the IMF's conditions which forced Thailand to sell off state enterprises to repay its loan while ignoring the hardship of poor farmers and labourers. This text may be freely used providing the source is credited. This page is: <http://brettonwoodsproject.org/art.shtml?x=15632> Published: 15 April 2000 , last edited: 12 August 2003 Viewings since posted: 1788 |
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