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IMF facilities review exposes image problem

The IMF facilities review reveals a lack of demand for post 2008 financial crisis lending instruments.

31 March 2014

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Poland reverses World Bank-promoted pension scheme

Poland has taken public control of a World-Bank-promoted private-asset-managed pension scheme which was causing huge losses, but the Bank continues to deny blame.

31 March 2014

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Environment safeguards bypassed in Poland

A group of NGOs has called for a halt to Bank support for a highway modernisation project which threatens serious environmental impacts.

27 July 2004

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ICSID to hear Cargill case against Poland

US-based agricultural giant Cargill has filed a $130 million claim against Poland at the International…

27 July 2004
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The Bretton Woods Project is a UK-based NGO that challenges the World Bank and IMF and promotes alternative approaches. We serve as an information provider, watchdog, networker and advocate. Our flagship publications are the Bretton Woods Observer, a quarterly critical review of developments at the World Bank and IMF, the Dispatch, a biannual analysis of the World Bank and IMF Spring and Annual Meetings, and the NewsLens, a bi-weekly roundup of key news and critical viewpoints published about the World Bank and IMF.

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