Liberation of Haitian farmer jailed without due process for resisting land seizures for the construction of a free trade zone.
Two large blocks of public toilets proposed to be built outside the Mahim Nature Park - backed by the World Bank - are subject of complaints by the NGO Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres.
Patricia Hewitt, secretary of state for trade and industry in the UK, on a visit to Honduran rice farmers, blamed the collapse of the rice market on the IMF for pursuing aggressive liberalisation policies.
Responsible for consultation process on draft adjustment policy
A new report by Bolivian NGO CEDLA shows that despite a new emphasis on civil society participation and poverty alleviation, the core policies attached to IMF loans have not changed
Analysis of World Bank power lending.
A recent Fund publication ("Common criticisms: some responses"), in question and answer format, attempts to present its actions in a more favourable light. Some long-standing IMF critics (50 Years is Enough, Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern and Halifax Initiative) have written a rebuttal of this document in time for the Annual Meetings.
IMF response to its critics on its role in the handling of financial, debt and poverty crises
New BWP research finds the Word Bank's approach to Paris alignment is being used to a significant extent to impose ‘green conditionalities' on borrowing countries, especially in the Global South.
Understanding the Bank’s chequered history with public, community and civil society participation is key for understanding what is at stake and what to do next.
