IMF World Bank + WTO - policies Impacts + Resistance

special interest
Argentina
Argentina
Bolivia
Bolivia
Brasil
Brasil
Ecuador
Ecuador
India
India
Korea
South Korea
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Main sections

Working to serve the needs of the poor, and fighting for full recognition and protection of economic and social rights.

partners
ADB (Finances)
ALCA/ FTAA (Trade)
Asia-Europe Meeting
EBRD (Finances)
G 8 (Politics)
IADB (Finances)
NAFTA (Trade)
Plan Colombia (Killing)
Plan Puebla-Panamá
TABD (Business Lobby)
United Nations
World Economic Forum
WTO (Trade)

Pie or not to Pie:
Wolfensohn gets pied
Helsinki, March 2001
Wolfensohn
and Camdessus
Bangkok, February 2000
Camdessus
but Köhler not yet...

Köhler

resources
www.a16.org
www.abolishthebank.org
www.bankwatch.org
www.essentialaction.org/imf
www.bicusa.org
www.50years.org
www.worldbunk.org
 
www.worldbank.org
www.imf.org


Dam Protests

about us
World Bank & IMF Meetings

2007
annual mtg.: O19-21 DC
spring meeting: A14-15 DC
2006
annual mtg.: S19-20 Singapore
spring meeting: A22-23 DC
2005
annual meeting: S24-25 DC
2004 annual meeting: DC
2003
annual meeting: S23-24 Dubai
2002
annual meeting: S25-29 DC
spring meeting: A20 DC
2001
annual meeting: S29 DC
2000
annual meeting: S26 Prague
spring meeting: A16 DC
1999 annual meeting: DC
1998 annual meeting: DC
1997
annual meeting: Hong Kong
annual meetings 1947-96
1996 DC • 1995 DC • 1994 Madrid • 1993 DC • 1992 DC • 1991 Bangkok • 1990 DC • 1989 DC • 1988 Berlin • 1987 DC • 1986 DC • 1985 Seoul • 1984 DC • 1983 DC • 1982 Toronto • 1981 DC • 1980 DC • 1979 Belgrade • 1978 DC • 1977 DC • 1976 Manila • 1975 DC • 1974 DC • 1973 Nairobi • 1972 DC • 1971 DC • 1970 Copenhagen • 1969 DC • 1968 DC • 1967 Rio de Janeiro • 1966 DC • 1965 DC • 1964 Tokyo • 1963 DC • 1962 DC • 1961 Vienna • 1960 DC • 1959 DC • 1958 New Delhi • 1957 DC • 1956 DC • 1955 Istanbul • 1954 DC • 1953 DC • 1952 Mexico City • 1951 DC • 1950 Paris • 1949 DC • 1948 DC • 1947 London

The World Bank and IMF have been promoting their new "poverty reduction" strategy, through which "nationally-owned participatory poverty reduction strategies should provide the basis of all their concessional lending and for debt relief."

Here is what the new strategy means:

IMF and World Bank still demand privatization of public services and natural resources? YES
IMF and World Bank still demand budget cuts, firing of civil servants? YES
Indefinite delays in debt relief? YES
Increase in IMF and World Bank control of Third World economies on behalf of corporations? YES
Poverty advocates tied up in technical arguments about the PRSP, while business goes on as usual? YES
Respect for, and empowerment of, the people affected? NO

and here you can here what we are thinking about (use netscape as browser to join the full pleasure)

click to hear what we oppose

www.agp.org

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