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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.

14 June 2000

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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.

15 April 2000

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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.

15 April 2000

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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.

15 April 2000

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Chiluba attack on IMF

Zambian President, Fredrick Chiluba has blamed the IMF for Zambia’s economic problems, saying that the IMF’s reforms, advocated by rich countries, had brought unemployment and a rise in poverty levels.

15 April 2000

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UK ED quizzed on UK role in Bank and Fund

In October UK Executive Director Stephen Pickford was called before the Treasury and International Development Select Committees for questioning by MPs.

15 December 1999

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IMF crisis conditions reviewed

A new review of IMF conditionality will assess the conditions applied to financial crisis countries, and recommend future approaches.

15 December 1999

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Southern organisations demand end to adjustment

Organizations and activists in more than 20 Southern countries have launched a campaign against the destructive lending policies of the World Bank.

15 December 1999

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PNG Government avoids conditionality

Relations between the Bank and the government of Papua New Guinea were strained in July by the government’s decision to issue bonds to raise money from the private sector.

15 September 1999

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Social Principles limited to crisis situations

The Bank’s paper on best practices for implementing the social principles will be discussed by the Board on 10 September.

15 September 1999