March 2004's Issue
Sixty years since the historic Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire led to the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, more and more people are critical of the role they play in the global economy. Failed economic reforms imposed on the `developing world’ have proved catastrophic for the vast majority of its citizens while the debt crisis looms larger than ever. Can they be reformed? Or should they be swept away? And what might a world without the World Bank and the IMF look like?
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Wild West goes East
Long-standing World Bank consultant Peter Griffiths blows the whistle on the damage done, from Russia to Sierra Leone.
- Peter Griffiths
- 1 Mar 2004
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The Hospital that makes you Sicker
The IMF is run by free-market fundamentalists, says former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz.
- 1 Mar 2004
- 1
Together but not scrambled
Cuba is not quite the multiracial nirvana that Rotimi Ogedengbe was hoping for…
- Rotimi Ogedengbe
- 1 Mar 2004
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Interview with Danilo Rueda & Abilo Peña
Why two exiled Colombian activists have launched their own ‘world tour’.
- Amaranta Wright
- 1 Mar 2004
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Dhanushka Amarasekara
The dream of dance, captured by Sri Lanka’s Dhanushka Amarasekara.
- Dhanushka Amarasekara
- 1 Mar 2004
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The fast track
How government offices finally discovered computers, by Reem Haddad.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Mar 2004
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...Imagine That!
Adam Ma’anit steps towards a world without the IMF and the World Bank.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 1 Mar 2004
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States of Unrest
Resistance to economic ‘adjustment’ is growing with every passing year, as this worldwide round-up shows.
- 1 Mar 2004
- 0
Structurally Adjust This...
Adam Ma’anit gives the Bank and the Fund a taste of their own medicine.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 1 Mar 2004
- 1
Artists of pain and hope
Two writers who uncover the heart of Africa, introduced by Ike Oguine.
- Ike Oguine
- 1 Mar 2004
- 0
No prescription needed
The grassroots SAPRIN network spent years working with the World Bank – only for the Bank to batten down the hatches. Mark Engler reports.
- Mark Engler
- 1 Mar 2004
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The Power and the Folly
The IMF and the World Bank are the 21st century equivalent of colonial governors, argues Chris Brazier.
- Chris Brazier
- 1 Mar 2004
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The Two Towers
Gandalf, wizard of the World Bank, has a dilemma. Should he stand alongside the hobbits and elves of Middle-earth against the powerpointwielding orcs? Or should he go along with IMF mage Saruman’s plan for world domination? A comic extravaganza by b
- Brick and Chris Brazier
- 1 Mar 2004
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BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroHomo
BourgieBoho-PostPomoAfroHomo by Deepdickollective
- Louise Gray
- 1 Mar 2004
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The Ordinary Person’s Guide To Empire
The Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Mar 2004
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North Korea/South Korea: US Policy at a Time of Crisis
North Korea/South Korea by John Feffer
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Mar 2004
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees by Alberto Manguel
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Mar 2004
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Isaias Afwerki
Yet another idealistic comrade turned brutal dictator: Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki.
- Nunu Kidane
- 1 Mar 2004
- 11
Globalizing Greenwash
The World Bank claims that its environmental policies have been transformed. Pamela Foster sifts through the evidence.
- Pamela Foster
- 1 Mar 2004
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