World Bank manoeuvres to ensure parliamentary approval of a controversial agriculture privatisation policy demonstrates the continued influence of the Bank and the problems with Poverty and Social Impact Analysis.
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Bank pushed policies likely to cause famine - book
A former Bank consultant has charged the Bank with pushing policies which would have led to the starvation of a third of a million people in Sierra Leone.
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Bank timid steps on land reform
The World Bank’s Land Policy department is preparing a Policy Research Report on land reform, which NGOs criticise for too heavily favouring a market-assisted approach.
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Turkey to test Fund independence
A power struggle is emerging over Turkey’s compliance with a host of proposed economic reforms included in a $16 billion IMF loan package.
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Process for agriculture assessment clarified
At a meeting in Dublin in early November the World Bank discussed the process for its new global assessment of agricultural science and technology.
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IFI role in Southern Africa famine condemned
A new study from Oxfam questions why, after years of World Bank and IMF-designed agricultural sector reforms, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique face chronic food insecurity.
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Bank announces biotech food review
The World Bank’s announcement of a review of genetically-modified crops in Johannesburg met with mixed response - from pledges not to participate to a cautious welcome.
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What was IMF role in Malawi famine?
The worst famine in fifty years has resulted in several thousand deaths in Malawi in early 2002.
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IMF boss grilled by British MPs
On 4 July, IMF chief Horst K
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