Counting the Cost -IMF in Focus – 9 Oct 09 – Pt 2
AlJazeeraEnglish
October 09, 2009
A special focus on the International Monetary Fund and whether it is suited for its purpose. There were violent protests on the streets of Istanbul as the IMF held its annual meeting. We look at wh…
Counting the Cost -IMF in Focus – 9 Oct 09 – Pt 1
AlJazeeraEnglish
October 09, 2009
A special focus on the International Monetary Fund and whether it is suited for its purpose. There were violent protests on the streets of Istanbul as the IMF held its annual meeting. We look at wh…
ECONOMY: Recovery Will Be Jobless
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Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas
ISTANBUL, Oct 8 (IPS) – The annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended Wednesday in Istanbul in a climate of cautious hope for the economy and with a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges for the two [...]
FINANCE: IMF Loan Policies Worsening Crisis, NGOs Say
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Adrianne Appel
BOSTON, U.S., Oct 6 (IPS) – While world leaders banter about International Monetary Fund and World Bank business in Istanbul, NGOs critical of the way the Bretton Woods institutions operate are not letting up pressure.
The IMF needs to change its policies, not just [...]
G20: IMF Finds a New Unpopularity
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By Pavol Stracansky
BRATISLAVA, Sep 25 (IPS) – When some Eastern European states faced economic collapse as the financial crisis took hold, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stepped in and offered governments huge loans.
But, as the G20 summit in Pittsburgh considers reform of the IMF, [...]
CARIBBEAN: Returning to the IMF, on Their Own Terms
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By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Aug 4 (IPS) – In 1995, then Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson had a few choice words for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Goodbye, ta-ta, au revoir," he said.
Even though Patterson was speaking at a conference of the ruling [...]
