Bretton Woods Update No.22 April/May 2001
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Briefing|5 April 2001
Washington, DC, 26 April, 2001 - Italy and UK are taking the lead among G7 partners to set up a global trust fund of $1 billion to provide cheaper drugs for poor countries.
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News|5 April 2001
A week-long “listening tour” brought World Bank President James Wolfensohn and IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler to Mali and Tanzania to meet 22 African leaders in February.
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News|5 April 2001
A new report summarises some of the continued challenges for participatory poverty reduction processes.
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News|5 April 2001
The World Bank has long failed to implement its policy on how to treat those displaced by the projects it funds, currently some 3.
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News|5 April 2001
In early March an estimated 5000 people from towns near the Yanacocha mine blockaded one of the main roads leading to the mine.
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News|5 April 2001
Whilst the World Bank continues to develop its strategy to emphasise “global public goods” and its role as a “knowledge bank”, an increasing number of people are questioning its premises.
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News|5 April 2001
New US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has indicated his scepticism that IMF bail-out packages can deal effectively with financial crises.
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News|5 April 2001
A conference on child poverty called by British Chancellor Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short received strong support from participants including non-governmental organisations.
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