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Latin American countries are giving the World Bank and the IMF the boot.

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Gabon is a good example of why judging how well a country is doing by per-capita income is just useless. It is oil-rich and yet half the population lives below the poverty line. World Bank/IMF strictures are doing their part to help keep it that way.

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They shouted it in Hong Kong. But why is the organization so hated?

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A bedtime story from the IMF Book of Fairytales.

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Long-standing World Bank consultant Peter Griffiths blows the whistle on the damage done, from Russia to Sierra Leone.

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The IMF is run by free-market fundamentalists, says former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz.

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Adam Ma’anit steps towards a world without the IMF and the World Bank.

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Resistance to economic ‘adjustment’ is growing with every passing year, as this worldwide round-up shows.

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Adam Ma’anit gives the Bank and the Fund a taste of their own medicine.

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The IMF and the World Bank are the 21st century equivalent of colonial governors, argues Chris Brazier.

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