Friends of the Earth International, one of the main organisers of the NGO events surrounding the Annual meeting of the World Bank and IMF, this September in Prague, is organising a two day video festival, where documentaries related to IMF/World Bank activities will be shown for a wide audience, connected with debates and presentations.
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Chad-Cameroon latest
The oil companies involved in the Chad- Cameroon oilfield and pipeline project have pulled out of the planned deal.
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Washington focus for globalisation protests
Activists from across the US will converge in Washington to protest at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
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Thai activists accuse IMF of neglecting poor
In February, about 300 activists from the Student Federation of Thailand, the Forum of the Poor and labour groups burnt effigies of IMF managing-director Michel Camdessus and some Thai politicians in a protest in Bangkok where officials were attending the UNCTAD-X meeting.
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Indian tribals blockade World Bank Delhi office
In late November more than 300 people from mass and tribal organisations from the Indian state of Madya Pradesh, blockaded the World Bank office in Delhi.
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World Bank “coopted NGOs”
The Economist (11th December 1999) carried a lengthy article on NGO campaigning on international institutions.
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Bretton Woods Updates are archived on the web. Enter topic names under site search to find articles from back issues, plus more links.
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Prague 2000
A small group of NGOs has begun to discuss common initiatives towards the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Prague next September.
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China arrests project monitors
On 15 August the Chinese Government arrested three people for trying to investigate the World Bank Western Poverty Project.
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Bank/NGO communications strategy assessed
The Bank’s NGO Unit has commissioned a needs assessment of communications strategies between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).