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| Dr. Kamal El Kheshen, Vice President of the African Development Bank discussses the trade-off between climate change policies and economic growth policies in Africa. By M. Patel. (12/10/2009) |
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| IA Forum discusses issues surrounding the World Bank/IMF with Dr. Dennis de Tray, Vice President at the Center for Global Development. (IA-Forum, 4/20/2007) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Josephine Osikena, Programme Manager for Democracy and Development at the Foreign Policy Centre, about the upcoming elections in West Africa. By J. Young and Sarah Knudsen. (IA-Forum, 03/23/2007) |
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| EDITORIALS |
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| International organizations like the World Bank and the UN are supposed to help the world’s poor. Fully convinced about doing good by curbing carbon emissions, they are pushing an anti-development agenda that has direct, negative effects on human welfare.
By William Yeatman. (05/25/2009) |
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| The United States can burnish its credentials as "exemplar of freedom" in the world by explaining that economic freedom as exemplified by free trade is the first, possibly best "weapon" against terror. By George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson (first published at Forbes, 09/15/06) |
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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| Have Lagarde's actions taken the IMF too far? By George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson. (World Policy Blog, 05/15/2012) |
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| Article analysing the World Bank's support of palm oil cultivation in Nigeria's economy.
By THOMPSON AYODELE
(The New York Times, 10/15/2010) |
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| The IMF commits to playing a more active role in the currencies as it relates to global economic growth (09-28-2009 by Krishna Guha). |
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| It is time to begin the restructuring of our global economic and financial system, in ways that ensure that the fruits of prosperity are more widely shared and that the system is more stable. By Joseph Stiglitz (ZNet, 06/27/2009) |
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| Romesh Vaitilingam, of the International Growth Centre, interviews Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, about how African development should proceed amidst a global economic downturn (International Growth Centre by Romesh Vaitilingam June 2009) |
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| Essay argues that modern financial institutions like the IMF disadvantage developing countries and suggests alternative ways which could perhaps act as better financial substitutes for developing countries. Written By Pia Bradshaw (e-International Relations, 05/18/2009) |
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| The IMF issues an encouraging, yet cautious, prediction for the global economic recovery. Although praising the macroeconomic and stimulus efforts, the Fund maintains that the financial sector is not completely fixed. By Sarah O'Connor (Financial Times 7/8/2009) |
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| If the IMF is truly committed to addressing global economic imbalances, then it should concentrate on the greatest threat to this goal: the U.S. trade deficit and not the value of China’s currency. By Joseph E. Stiglitz (Project Syndicate, 2006). |
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| Article of recent speech by IMF Head Rodrigo Rato, looks at the importance of well-functioning institutions as the key to development in the third world. By Rodrigo Rato. (The Cato Institute, Summer, 2006) |
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| Article looks at recent trends in the World Economy and how this is forcing the IMF to rethink its role. (The Economist, 20/04/06) |
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| Discusses IMF reforms to increase monetary stability throughout the world. By Allan H. Meltzer. (AEI 6/07/05) |
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| Discusses IMF monetary policy towards Argentina. By Adam Lerrick. (Cato Institute 2005) |
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| The US seems poised to appoint a leader of the World Bank as inept as the one it chose in 1986. By Sebastian Mallaby. (Washington Post, 3/7/2005) |
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| Article discusses that unless Argentina restructures their state debt, the IMF will not reopen discussions with them. (KeralaNext.com, 12/3/04) |
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| Article discusses the IMF plan for a three year lending program in Armenia. Also discusses Armenia's economic growth and recovery. By Atom Markarian (BakuToday.net, 12/3/04) |
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| Article discusses the World Bank's plea to Israel to reduce restrictions on trade between Israel and Palestine. Also discusses what the World Bank thinks Palestine should do to help their economy. (The Daily Star, 12/3/04) |
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| Discusses Pakistan's efforts to have the World Bank's support over their conflict with India over pipelines. (China View, 11/27/04) |
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| Interview with John Wetter of the World Bank that discusses the future of the Palestinian economy. By Beatriz Díez (Radio Netherlands, 11/27/04) |
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| Joe Donde discusses how he feels the IMF's reccomendations for Kenya will hurt more than help. (The Standard, 11/19/04) |
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| Discusses how Greenspan feels that the United States needs to work with the IMF and follow their reccomendations in order to meet its deficits. (The Economic Times, 11/20/04) |
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| Discusses the IMF belief that Russia needs to have less state intervention and watch for inflation in order to have a more prosperous economy. (ChannelnewsAsia.com, 11/19/04) |
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| Article discusses the success of APEC, and their future plans as they finished a round of meetings. (China View.com, 11/21/04) |
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| Discusses the IMF plan for France in order to improve their economy. (Expatica.com, 11/3/04) |
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| Discusses what Israel needs to do in order to ensure their own safety as well as help the Palestinian economy. By Ora Coren (Haaertz.com, 11/3/04) |
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| The IMF feels that Germany's economy is on the way to recovery. Gregory Robb discusses potential reasons why. (CBS Market Watch, 11/2/04) |
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| The IMF press release detailing its recent financial activities. (International Monetary Fund, 10/28/04) |
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| Discusses the merits of David Burton's IMF plan for India. By William Persek Jr. (The Herald Tribune Online, 11/2/04) |
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| Discusses how NGOs such as Friends of the Earth plan to boycott planned World Bank consultation meetings. (Friends of the Earth, 10/29/04) |
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| Discusses how the economy of Ghana has changed since the last election, and whether or not the changes will last. By James Doe (Ghanaweb.com 10/31/04) |
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| Article discusses the potential cooperation between the WTO, World Bank, and IMF. (People's Daily Online, 10.23.04) |
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| Gustavo Capdevela discusses how the Group of 20 (G20), a voice for the developing South in multilateral trade negotiations, plans to expand its focus beyond the agricultural sector and seek closer ties to similar groups, according to the bloc's coordinator and spokesman, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim. (Inter Press Service Agency, 10.23.04) |
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| Vietnam might possibly become the newest member of the WTO. Article discusses EU's support for Vietnam's acceptance into the WTO. (Vietnam News 10/11/04) |
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| Bill Jamieson writes on the effect of oil and the global economy. What needs to be done in order to make sure the economy runs smoothly? (Scotland on Sunday 10/10/04) |
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| The Implications of Argentina’s Struggle with IMF Debt for Highly Indebted Poor Countries
Daniel Marx McCarthy, (Silver City, NM & Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, February 2005). |
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| This article tries to point out some concrete areas of diversity of interest in the international consequences of the introduction of the Euro and analyzes the costs and gains from cooperation in different ways of dealing with these conflicts. By Norbert Weinrichter (7/17/2000, EIoP) |
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