26 October 2000
A selection of recent books and reports not mentioned in other articles.
Many people are wondering what the World Bank and IMF Prague annual meetings, plus associated independent discussions and protests amounted to.
Three new books and reports set out proposals for reorienting and improving global governance arrangements.
At the Annual Meetings South African Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel, demanded a more powerful voice for developing countries.
In mid-September the Bretton Woods Project coordinated a joint letter of protest on the World Bank’s Global Development Gateway plans.
The World Bank got a mixed response to the launch of its Poverty World Development Report in mid-September.
It is time for the IMF and World Bank to understand their own responsibility and decolonise their approach.
