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Bretton Woods Update No.35 July/August 2003

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Activists oppose Bank ‘clean development’ credits for Brazilian forest plantation

News|21 July 2003

One of the first pilot projects using the World Bank's climate change carbon trading programmes has come under fire from local groups for endorsing destructive tree plantations. read article...

Report condemns IMF ability to anticipate and prevent crises

News|21 July 2003

A US Government Accounting Office (GAO) report finds serious shortcomings to recent IMF efforts to improve its capacity to predict and prevent financial crises, which is at the core of its mandate. read article...

IMF’s critical view on financial integration: Is it real?

by Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III, Action for Economic Reforms

Comment|21 July 2003

A recent paper from the IMF on financial integration may turn out to be a pleasant surprise for its critics. read article...

“US-driven” World Bank “forces its view on developing countries” - poll

News|21 July 2003

A survey released by the World Bank in June gave the institution very low marks on poverty reduction and the environment and found that it is more “US-driven” than some years ago. read article...

Campaigners challenge legal basis of Baku-Ceyhan pipeline

News|21 July 2003

Just after key project documents were released in June campaigners in Georgia and the UK filed legal challenges to the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline, raising awkward questions for the World Bank Group and other potential financiers. read article...

Harmonisation and coherence: White knights or Trojan horses?

by Jeff Powell

At Issue|30 July 2003

In recent months, the World Bank has been leading the charge to increase the harmonisation of donor policies and further coherence between the Bank, the IMF and the WTO. read article...

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