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13 Oct 2020 7 minute read

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It’s official, the global economy is a ‘debtor’s prison’

As the World Bank and IMF sound the alarm on debts driven sky high by Covid-19 in some of the world’s poorest nations,...

Former World Bank president Jim Yong Kim sold $320 million in pandemic bonds during the Ebola crisis. The bonds, however, did not pay out, even though over 2,000 people have died. Credit: WikiCommons

28 Jun 2020 2 minute read

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Broken bonds

Liam Taylor on the World Bank’s waning reputation in pandemic response.

Passengers at Clapham Junction, south London. According to a 2017 Legatum Institute poll 76 per cent of British passengers want the railways in public ownership.

21 May 2018 5 minute read

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The efficiency myth

Nick Dowson dismantles the notion that the private sector does things better.

12 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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Why the World Bank won’t end inequality

Lidy Nacpil disputes the World Bank’s claim that it’s now fighting inequality.

31 Aug 2017 7 minute read

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The people, the mine and the World Bank

A mining firm is suing Romania over an environmentalist decision. By Alessio Perrone.

25 Feb 2016 4 minute read

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The digital divide’s great leap forward

We need to harness the innovation from today’s technology revolution to better serve people's needs, writes Chris...

6 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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Reaching out: the spread of crowdfunding to the developing world

Can poorer countries also benefit from this democratic form of raising money? asks Nicola Bauman.

4 Jun 2014 4 minute read

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A growing issue: how can we secure food supplies?

Bryn Smith looks at ways to avert the coming crisis.

23 Jan 2014 5 minute read

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Indigenous Kenyans evicted in the name of ‘conservation’

Matthew Newsome exposes a government scheme to rob the Sengwer people of their forest home.

22 Aug 2013 5 minute read

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A united Syriza moves closer to power

James Elliott investigates the party that promises to reverse the devastation of austerity in...

1 Jul 2013 1 minute read

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Debt – The Facts

At any given time countries both owe debts and have them owing to them. Who owes what and what's the bigger crisis – foreign...

When will the world’s financial powers learn?

7 Jun 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

When will the world’s financial powers learn?

Conditions imposed by the IMF and World Bank increase inequality and show little regard for marginalized people, writes...

Haiti: mistakes plus negligence equals death

4 Jun 2013 4 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Haiti: mistakes plus negligence equals death

Where is the urgency in helping the poor and sick, like Baby Willgesta? asks Sokari Ekine.

Dirty hands – the World Bank’s role in land-grabbing

23 Apr 2012 2 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Dirty hands – the World Bank’s role in land-grabbing

As delegates gather at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, two videos expose what happens when community land is...

18 Apr 2012 2 minute read

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World Bank bullying must stop!

Iris Gonzales has strong words for incoming bank boss Jim Yong Kim.

13 Apr 2012 3 minute read

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BRICS challenge dollar hegemony

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda...

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