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.
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IMF demands Cote d’Ivoire austerity
The IMF has told the transition government in Cote d’Ivoire that it should cut government spending after finding that spending was more than double the level agreed by the former president, who was overthrown in December 1999.
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Anti-IMF And Bank Protest Tear-Gassed
In Malawi in May, a peaceful official demonstration, led by the Congress of Trades Unions, against IMF and World Bank reform policies and calling for the government to consider peoples’ needs before conceding to donors’ demands was broken-up by police with tear gas.
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Imf Suspends Lending To Moldova
The IMF has suspended lending to Moldova because the parliament has refused to allow the state-run wine and tobacco industries to be privatized.
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IMF Reviews Crisis Conditionality
An IMF team has started a review of the conditions it applied to bail out South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Brazil.
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Will Meltzer Sink Or Swim?
The debate on the roles of the Bank and Fund looks set to accelerate.
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Sri Lankan appeal on aid transparency
Sri Lankan NGOs wrote to their President in May urging him to open up the annual Aid Group meeting at the end of May.
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Provocative report on IMF and World Bank reforms
A US Congress commission, which reported in March, called for major cut backs in World Bank and IMF activities.
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African heads warn against new conditionality
African heads of state met in Libreville, Gabon in January to discuss the economic agenda for Africa in the new millennium.
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Korean workers lawsuit against IMF thrown out
A South Korean court has rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of labour unions against the IMF for alleged policy mistakes.
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21 July 2022
Ending “absolute immunity” for the International Finance Corporation: The legacy of Jam v. IFC
EarthRights International examines how the Jam v. IFC case has helped to shift the landscape of accountability for international financial institutions by successfully challenging their claim to “absolute” immunity in US courts, potentially opening IFC up to further legal challenges in future.
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The Bretton Woods Observer: Summer 2022
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