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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

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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.

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

IMF and World Bank meetings

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

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

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

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

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Bryn Smith looks at ways to avert the coming crisis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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