A new report shows that debt relief in Nicaragua is only partly going to poverty reduction.
Debt
Environment
News
“Parliamentary Front” on IFIs
Members of the Brazilian parliament have called on their colleagues to form a parliamentary front on IFIs and the national banking system.
Conditionality
Analysis
Comments on ‘IMF Staff Note on Macroeconomic Programming for Poverty Reduction’
Civil society commentary on the 'IMF Staff Note on Macroeconomic Programming for Poverty Reduction'
Finance
News
Bank hypocrisy over Nestlé claim
A Nestl
Rights
News
IMF debt plan controversial
Hopes are fading at the IMF for its proposal of a mechanism to restructure poor countries debt as opposition mounts.
Accountability
News
UK government reply to Baku-Ceyhan memo
Letter from Rt Hon Baroness Symons, UK Minister of State International Trade and Investment in response to NGO memorandum on the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Finance
News
MIGA role in Ethiopian Nestlé claim unclear
Questions about what advice MIGA provided to the Ethiopian government in its role as mediator in a $6m suit filed against the country by the Swiss multinational.
Rights
News
Debt arbitration mechanism weakened
Private creditors oppose the proposed “sovereign debt restructuring mechanism” (SDRM) and the Fund seems ready to further dilute a plan that NGOs already considered flawed.
Finance
News
Fund deal with Argentina
After over a year of stalled negotiations, the G7 in mid-January strong-armed the IMF into signing an agreement that will roll over $6.6 billion of Argentina's debt.
Social services
News
Short gives evidence on World Bank to UK parliamentarians
MPs on the International Development Select Committee questioned Clare Short on: debt, PRSPs, PSIA, Bank governance, social and environmental policies, privatisation of services, education and trade capacity building.
