East Asia and PacificBrunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. States of, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa (Independent), Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Australia, Cook Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Tuvalu. read more... Items 1 to 9 of 73Anyone with experience taxing sin?The Philippine finance ministry asked for technical assistance from the both the IMF and the World Bank on the design of sin taxes. read article... Whoever loses, the Bank always wins Profits from Indonesian forests nextThe World Bank developed its campaign to 'combat' climate change through curbing carbon emissions from deforestation in tropical countries, but nobody noticed that the Bank, through its lending and development policies, has been promoting deforestation in tropical countries like Indonesia. read article... Bank violates indigenous rightsThe World Bank-funded Nam Theun 2 (NT2) dam in Lao PDR is under scrutiny once again from NGOs, UN representatives and 'international experts' for its violation of human and indigenous peoples' rights, and its failure to achieve the development and environment goals it has promised read article... Chinese tipped as Bank chief economistLin Yifu, or Justin Lin, was expected to be appointed as the Bank's chief economist, after the post had lain vacant for nearly four months. read article... Bankspeak of the year 2006Bankspeak of the year for 2006. read article... World Bank reconstruction role in Timor-Leste creating problemsGuteriano Nicolau S. Neves of the La'o Hamutuk Institute in Dili argues for a critical appraisal of the World Bank's role in the reconstruction of Timor Leste. read article... Good governance or bad practices? Two activists reflect on their mistreatment at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in SingaporeMaria Clara Couto Soares of ActionAid Brazil and Joy Chavez of Focus on the Global South reflect on their mistreatment at the hands of the Singaporean authorities at the 2006 World Bank-IMF annual meetings. read article... World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2006 Civil society boycott, governments feud over corruption and votesThe annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Singapore faced controversy over the ‘blacklisting’ of civil society participants. read article... |
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ResourcesIR NT2 trip report and project Update 28 February Lao dam impact policies "a shambles" 13 December Reports by the special rapporteur on indigenous peoples 1 November People's Bank of China statement on IMF bilateral surveillance 20 June China’s Exim-bank and World Bank to cooperate on Africa 23 May NT2 trip report and update 15 May La'o Hamutuk Institute 22 January Statement by Nor Mohamed Yakcop to the September 2006 IMFC meeting 19 September East Asia's Counterweight Strategy: Asian financial cooperation and evolving international monetary 19 September Global Witness: World Bank Forestry Fiasco in Cambodia 29 August Newswire |
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