Finance

Finance

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Loans for El Salvador emergency

The World Bank was accused of “behaving like vultures, like loan sharks” by US NGO 50 Years is Enough Campaign after it offered to help finance emergency relief efforts in El Salvador in the wake of January’s earthquake.

6 February 2001

Conditionality

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Argentine bail-out causes more hardship

After weeks of jockeying by the Argentinian government, the IMF and the US Treasury Department finally agreed to provide $18 billion to bailout Argentina’s troubled economy in November.

12 December 2000

Rights

News

New “Net the debt” site

OneWorld has launched DebtChannel.org, a global portal site on international debt.

12 December 2000

Finance

News

Turkey in crisis

Turkey is the latest country to be overcome by financial crisis.

12 December 2000

Finance

News

Capital account liberalization and the poor

This report will consider the linkages between financial and capital account liberalization, the implications for governments’ choice of macroeconomic policies and the impacts on poor people.

26 October 2000

Finance

News

Brazilians say “no” to debt and the IMF

In Brazil a national plebiscite on External Debt, held in September, rejected the government’s agreement with the IMF and its commitment to full debt repayment at whatever cost.

26 October 2000

Conditionality

News

New directions for IMF?

“I have a heart” pleaded Horst K

26 October 2000

Finance

News

New Bretton Woods Project report on capital flow implications

The Bretton Woods Project is about to publish a report examining the role of the World Bank and IMF in promoting private investment in developing countries, and the true costs and benefits of international financial flows.

15 September 2000

Finance

News

Taming Global Finance

Financial liberalisation has created volatility in financial markets, threatening the orderly running of national economies.

11 August 2000

Finance

News

Oxfam report on poverty targets

Missing the Target reviews progress towards the international development targets for 2015, highlighting the danger that none of the targets will be met.

11 August 2000