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Bretton Woods Update No.33 March/April 2003

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Water meetings everywhere and not a drop to drink

News|1 April 2003

Debates over “high-risk” infrastructure, follow-up to the World Commission on Dams and private management have dominated discussion of the Bank’s new water strategy and global meetings on financing water infrastructure in Washington and Kyoto. read article...

Argentinian groups challenge IMF pressure on utility prices

by Jimena Garrote, Ezequiel Nino

News|1 April 2003

Members of Argentine civil society organisations, Jimena Garrote and Ezequiel Nino, discuss a complaint filed with the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), denouncing the pressure exerted by IMF representatives in negotiations with the Argentine government. read article...

Arrest of IMF employee points to cover-up

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News|1 April 2003

IMF’s failure to clarify its role in hiring and assisting a technical adviser indicted on various counts of high-level corruption seriously undermines credibility on “good governance” agenda. read article...

Frustration at limited governance discussions

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News|1 April 2003

A serious effort to improve Southern country voice at the institutions would require going far beyond capacity-building to change the composition, voting shares and transparency of the Bank/Fund Boards. read article...

The World Bank and gender

Inside the inst|1 April 2003

A brief summary of how gender is - or is not - incorporated into World Bank programmes and policies, with links to further resources from both inside the Bank and its critics. read article...

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