Article on Parliamentary Network on the World Bank annual conference 2004.
A full version of 'High-Risk Hypocrisy', and a previous report on the same theme, Gambling with Peoples' Lives.
This report looks at how conditionalities and pressures from aid agencies and development banks force developing countries to adopt privatisation policies in public services.
The search for a new leader of the International Monetary Fund will drag on for at least three months as the European Union wrangles over its preferred choice, the Treasury admitted last night.
World Bank response to campaigner complaints on Congo forestry
Appeal to halt forest destruction in Democratic Republic of Congo
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday long-standing weaknesses in Argentina's economy led to its collapse in 2001, while the global lender acknowledged that its own shortcomings had prevented it from detecting the looming crisis.
News on further indecision about new IMF boss.
Key statements and articles on the 2004 selection process for the Managing Director of the IMF.
Outgoing Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato emerged as a leading European candidate to head the IMF on Wednesday, but his chances of getting the nod were later thrown into doubt on reports that France would not back him.
