Letter from Rt Hon Baroness Symons, UK Minister of State International Trade and Investment in response to NGO memorandum on the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Finance
Finance
News
Fund deal with Argentina
After over a year of stalled negotiations, the G7 in mid-January strong-armed the IMF into signing an agreement that will roll over $6.6 billion of Argentina's debt.
Rights
News
Debt arbitration mechanism weakened
Private creditors oppose the proposed “sovereign debt restructuring mechanism” (SDRM) and the Fund seems ready to further dilute a plan that NGOs already considered flawed.
Finance
News
What roles for the IMF?
The French IFI network has published a report of a seminar on the role of the IMF.
Finance
News
MIGA role in Ethiopian Nestlé claim unclear
Questions about what advice MIGA provided to the Ethiopian government in its role as mediator in a $6m suit filed against the country by the Swiss multinational.
Finance
News
Argentina default pressures Krueger
After a record-breaking eleven months of failed talks with the IMF Argentina has, for the first time, defaulted on a payment to the World Bank.
Social services
News
Short gives evidence on World Bank to UK parliamentarians
MPs on the International Development Select Committee questioned Clare Short on: debt, PRSPs, PSIA, Bank governance, social and environmental policies, privatisation of services, education and trade capacity building.
Finance
News
Letter to IMF evaluation office on its work programme 2003/2004
Letter to IMF evaluation office on its work programme 2003/2004
Finance
News
IMF office releases first evaluation, considers next ones
The first report of the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) was released in September.
Finance
Commentary
Fund threatens Brazilian democracy
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