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Bretton Woods Update No.37 November/December 2003

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Brazil renews "unnecessary" IMF agreement despite opposition

News|17 November 2003

Brazil and the IMF announced they would renew a financial arrangement at the end of the year, sparking new doubts about the methods and motives of Lula's government. The news came shortly after Rede Brasil, a network of Brazilian NGOs and social movements, urged the government not to sign. read article...

IFC “doubts” labour fears in Haiti, approves loan

News|17 November 2003

The International Finance Corporation approved a loan of $20 million to the Dominican Republic's largest Export Processing Zone operator, Grupo M, for a new development on the border with Haiti. read article...

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline Who is responsible?

by Manana Kochladze

Comment|17 November 2003

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World Bank trade capacity building: “doing it for them”

News|17 November 2003

A leaked copy of the evaluation of the Integrated Framework for trade-related capacity building for Least Developed Countries should lead observers to question the World Bank's chief role in the initiative. read article...

Meeting: ‘milestone’ or ‘millstone’ for Bank/civil society relations?

News|17 November 2003

Concerns have been raised about a new high-level initiative involving the World Bank and selected civil society groups. read article...

The World Bank and civil society

Inside the inst|17 November 2003

A brief look at the history of World Bank-CSO relations, who's who in the World Bank for civil society actors and some future steps planned by the Bank. read article...

Official report confirms PRSP criticisms

News|17 November 2003

A report produced by the Bank and Fund for their annual meetings reflects on the continuing problems with implementing the lofty goals of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. read article...

Making Poverty and Social Impact Analysis happen

News|17 November 2003

An international meeting has set down plans for development agencies to take forward work on assessing the likely impact of World Bank/IMF-backed reforms. read article...

Indigenous Peoples Policy delayed

News|24 November 2003

On 20 October, World Bank Vice President Ian Johnson responded to Extractive Industries Review Eminent Person Emil Salim confirming that the Bank will delay finalisation of the Indigenous Peoples Policy until the first quarter of 2004. read article...

BWI reform discussed at UN dialogues

News|5 November 2003

The Financing for Development (FfD) process held its first high-level follow-up to assess progress over three days in New York, 28 - 30 October. read article...

Debt and destruction in Senegal

News|24 November 2003

A new report by Demba Moussa Dembélé for the World Development Movement condemns the interventions of the World Bank and IMF in Senegal. read article...

Leading a horse to water: Is there a role for the IMF in poverty reduction?

by Fabien Lefrancois

At Issue|25 November 2003

Many observers were sceptical when a few years ago the IMF embarked on a mission to respond to the "cries of the poor", in the words of its then head Michel Camdessus read article...

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