International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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.

11 August 2000

Knowledge

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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.

11 August 2000

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.

11 August 2000

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.

11 August 2000

Finance

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New book on debt origins and impacts

Brazilian activist Marcos Arruda exposes the problems with his government’s economic policies and the role of the IMF in a new book.

11 August 2000

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

11 August 2000

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.

11 August 2000

Rights

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Argentine anti-IMF protests

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

11 August 2000

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.

11 August 2000

Conditionality

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Ecuadoreans protest against adjustment reforms

In June the Patriotic Front, a coalition of unions and grass-roots organizations, held a national strike to protest neoliberal economic policies promoted by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

11 August 2000

Knowledge

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Protests at UN collaboration with Bank and Fund

In June, 80 non-governmental organizations and people’s movements issued a joint statement condemning the UN’s involvement in a joint UN, WB, IMF and OECD report A Better World for All, released during the follow-up summit to the Copenhagen Social Summit held five years ago.

11 August 2000

Accountability

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Kenya MPs urge aid halt over graft

In mid-July 64 Kenyan MPs signed a statement urging the IMF and World Bank to suspend discussions on new loans to their government after a select committee report into corruption was cut, deleting the names of some politicians and civil servants.

11 August 2000