Debt

Finance

Analysis

Taken for granted? US Proposals to Reform the World Bank’s IDA Examined

US debt campaigners are siding with the Bush administration against European leaders and other NGOs over a key source of finance for the world’s 79 poorest countries. Discussions on the pros and cons of providing grants instead of loans through IDA appear deadlocked (March 2002).

25 March 2002 | Briefings

Land

News

Brown’s “New Deal” suggests enhanced Bank, Fund roles

Gordon Brown’s recent speeches on a “New Deal” for the global economy have been generally welcomed, especially for their suggestions that aid budgets should be increased.

5 February 2002

Finance

News

World Bank grants plan “crazy”

Disagreements between donors about how much grant money the Bank should give to the poorest countries has held up replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), Bank’s soft-lending arm.

17 January 2002

Conditionality

News

Divergent views on PRSP progress

A new report compiled from workshops organised by Jubilee South, Focus on the Global South and other southern civil society groups claims structural adjustment logic and policies essentially remain unchanged in PRSPs.

17 January 2002

Rights

News

Critics respond to Bank demands

The World Bank and anti-globalisation activists have now traded three rounds of demands and counter-demands since September this year.

17 January 2002

Finance

News

“It Takes Two to Tango”

This report by Jubilee Plus aims to raise debate on “the legal mechanisms” for making debt standstill mechanisms work.

17 January 2002

Finance

News

Standstill and insolvency: a new mechanism for the IMF?

18 December 2001 - In a surprise anouncement in late November the new number two at the IMF, Ann Krueger, has proposed that the IMF should support temporary debt standstills for indebted countries.

17 January 2002

Finance

News

IMF proposes new debt standstill mechanism

In late November the new number two at the IMF, Ann Krueger, proposed that the IMF should support temporary debt standstills for indebted countries.

17 January 2002

Finance

News

IMF shares blame for Argentina’s collapse

Many eyes are now looking to see how Argentina will manage its financial and political crises.

1 January 2002

Finance

News

Tax investors to finance bailouts

An alternative proposal to debt standstill is to create larger bailout funds.

1 January 2002