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Report on transition safety nets

Forthcoming research by Save the Children Fund examines the record of “safety net” social programmes in formerly socialist countries.

IFI governance

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Committees to review selection of IFI heads

The Boards of the IMF and World Bank have each established working groups to review the processes for selecting the Managing Director and President of the respective institutions.

Rights

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Prague plans

The annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF will be the occasion for high-level official decision-making about the future of the institutions as well as protests and alternative discussions among civil society groups.

Conditionality

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US Congress rules against user fees

In July, the United States Congress passed legislation aiming to bar the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank from imposing “user fees” on primary health care and education on poor countries.

WB/IMF roles

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Köhler seeks focused, independent IMF

In May in his first public speech as the new head of the IMF, Horst K

Rights

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Köhler go home say South Africans

In July South African activists told IMF Managing Director Horst K

Accountability

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G7 will impose their architecture agenda

G7 finance ministers in July reiterated their commitment to enforce their agenda without a commitment to address the needs of the poorest countries.

Conditionality

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Turkish students in anti-IMF protest

Turkish students protested against the International Monetary Fund and the government’s austerity programme in May.

Rights

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Argentine anti-IMF protests

Argentine church leaders joined labour groups in late May to demonstrate against IMF economic policies.

Conditionality

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Nigerian parliament rejects IMF

In July, the Nigerian House of Representatives adopted a non-binding motion urging the federal government to suspend all activities in respect of an IMF standby loan until the conditions were made public.

Conditionality

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Mozambique sugar industry threatened

The IMF looks set to repeat mistakes which led to the demise of Mozambique’s cashew processing industry.

Conditionality

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Slovaks condemn WB-IMF collusion

Friends of the Earth Slovakia has complained about the World Bank’s requirement that the government agree a programme with the IMF before it can access Bank loans.