Eastern Europe and Central AsiaAlbania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Republic of, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. read more... Items 1 to 9 of 49IMF-sponsored pension reform prompts Turkish strikesIn early March Turkish unions conducted a two hour "warning strike" to protest against IMF-supported plans for pension plan and health insurance reform. read article... IMF rebukes Tajiks over false informationTajikistan has gotten itself in hot water with the IMF over poor reporting of information while the country was borrowing money from the Fund. read article... Turkish bankers, unions question need for IMFThe governor of the Turkish central bank, Durmuş Yılmaz, cast doubt on whether Turkey would renew its arrangement with the IMF. read article... Third researchers’ conference on the World Bank 2007 ABCDEThe 2007 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) will take place 17-18 May in Bled, Slovenia. The third researchers' conference on the World Bank will be held in parallel. read article... Serbia pays out, Turkey next?Serbia became the latest country to retire its debt to the IMF earlier than anticipated. The National Bank of Serbia paid out 15 March the final $230 million of debt that was not due for full repayment until 2010. read article... Mercury rising: The World Bank and the Nura river clean-upIn 2003 the World Bank approved a $40 million loan for the Nura river clean-up project in central Kazakhstan, however without the World Bank’s respect for basic public participation and environmental impact assessment standards, the project is at risk of causing unexpected and badly mitigated effects. read article... BTC: destruction, abuse and betrayalIn July, as the oil in the IFC-supported Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline finally began flowing a year behind schedule, civil society groups from affected countries and elsewhere presented evidence of destruction, abuse and betrayal. read article... Research network on the World BankIn April, a conference of doctoral students and senior researchers was held to reflect on the past operations, policies and programmes and future directions of the World Bank. read article... |
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ResourcesABCDE webpage 26 March Karaganda Ecological Museum, Kazakhstan 1 March IMF working with Tajik authorities towards program under Policy Support Instrument 10 November Grounded in Washington 20 January Research network on the World Bank 7 June Reports of fact-finding missions to Azerbaijan and Georgia, and leaked documents 7 June Crude Accountability’s letters with Bank and IFC 5 April Karachaganak: IFC summary of project information 5 April UK Trade and Industry Committee documents 15 November Newswire |
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