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The new geopolitics of food demands a new economics of resilience
Four decades of IFI-driven neoliberal policies made food systems fragile by design.
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Amazonian groups call for reform of financial architecture and end to extractivism
FOSPA challenges BWIs role in financing extractive development, calling for debt cancellation, climate finance and respect for territorial rights.
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Building what was never built for us: The Borrowers’ Platform and the fight to correct sovereign risk
New Borrowers’ Platform marks significant step to address key flaws and power imbalances prevalent in international financial architecture.
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Britain as a global financial superpower: The UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency is a historic opportunity to fix the system
UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency offers a rare chance to fix systemic imbalances at little cost.
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World Bank Shareholding Review must deliver a better deal for African governments
2025 review needs to deliver reforms that strengthen borrower influence and improve global development governance.
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Beyond loans: The human rights impacts of IMF conditionalities in Argentina
IMF conditionality review must acknowledge that macroeconomic stability cannot be built on erosion of rights, care systems and environment.
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Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development exposes continued lack of commitment to address systemic issues
Despite the watered down consensus at FfD4, follow up opportunities must be seized upon to advance the agenda of international financial architecture reform in the coming years.
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Sri Lanka and the IMF: Another stark example of the need for urgent debt restructure reform
After defaulting in 2022, Sri Lanka has entered its 17th IMF programme, resulting in severe socially and economically damaging austerity, as IMF’s inadequate debt sustainability analysis and approach continue to fail to address the root causes of the country’s cyclical debt problems.
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Breaking free from the aid trap: time for Africa to halt international financial institutions’ austerity policies
The ‘aid trap’ continues in light of significant ODA cuts amidst political change in donor countries, as the BWIs continue to facilitate the financialisation of essential services like healthcare.
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Kenya’s growing youth movement for fiscal justice rejects IMF-mandated austerity
Youth-led led protests lead to withdrawal of controversial finance bill by President William Ruto.
