The World Bank is playing a leading role in a global land grab, says farmers’ movement and its international allies.(1) The World Bank’s policies for land privatisation and concentration, have paved the way for...
Read MoreHow “free trade” is destroying Third World agriculture-and who’s fighting back (This article appears in the June 2, 2008, edition of The Nation [New York]. It is being reprinted with permission from The...
Read MoreSoren Ambrose* Once upon a time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seemed immune to criticism, regardless of the damage its neo- liberal policy impositions inflicted around the globe. That immunity was finally torn away by...
Read MoreAn Account of the Civil Society Launch of the “IMF – Shrink It or Sink It” campaign at the IMF/World Bank meetings – Singapore – September 17, 2006 By Soren Ambrose – Solidarity Africa Network...
Read MorePress Statement by the Organisers of the International Peoples Forum vs IMF-WB Asrama Haji Batam Centre, Batam, Indonesia Today we conclude the International Peoples Forum vs. the IMF and World Bank (IPF), which was convened in...
Read MoreAndi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, Batam Only the rich nations that are not affected by IMF policies benefit from the institution’s reforms, a speaker at Batam’s International Peoples Forum said Friday. Walden Bello, a...
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2006We the undersigned representatives from civil society organisations and social movements call for a boycott of the official programme at the World Bank and IMF 2006 annual meetings in Singapore. In order to...
Read MoreBy Focus on the Global South, Sept. 15, 2006 Focus on the Global South condemns, in the strongest terms possible, actions by the Singapore Government to ban, hold, detain, deport, or harass representatives of civil society...
Read MoreWalden Bello | September 13, 2006; Foreign Policy In Focus Already buffeted by institutional crisis and policy conflicts, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are heading into their fall meeting—scheduled to...
Read MoreMarwaan Macan-Markar BATAM, Indonesia, Sep 15 (IPS) – Civil society organisations have fired an unprecedented salvo at the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by declaring a boycott of the annual...
Read MoreChristian Aid on Friday 15 September announced that it is boycotting all official events at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Singapore in protest at the government’s ban on civil society...
Read Moreirish Examiner.com . 15/09/2006 Hundreds of activists have today gathered on an Indonesian island near Singapore ahead of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Singapore has banned...
Read MoreWASHINGTON – September 8 – Civil society groups worldwide have reacted angrily to the Singaporean government's ban on up to 20 delegates who plan to attend Bank/Fund annual meetings there next week. They have...
Read MoreEmad Mekay WASHINGTON, Sep 7 (IPS) Shalmali Guttal of Focus on the Global South noted, "It is surprising that Indonesia, which was one of the worst hit countries during the Asian financial crisis, would be intolerant of...
Read More[Espanol | Français] July 24, 2006 The following document was collectively drafted over a period of two months by representatives of organizations that attended the “Strategy Session on the International...
Read More[Espanõl] by Soren Ambrose and Walden Bello * As economists and politicians debate what to do about the latest challenges facing the IMF, civil society groups have a straightforward answer: take the IMF off life support. For...
Read More[Espanol | Français] By Walden Bello Washington, DC, April 24. The spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund took place this weekend with police barricades ringing the two institutions at the heart...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello & Shalmali Guttal * WITH all the hullabaloo generated by the designation of Paul Wolfowitz as his successor, outgoing World Bank President James Wolfensohn’s record in leading the Bank has so far...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* A RECENT request for information on the record of Paul Wolfowitz, the incoming president of the World Bank, in the Philippines brought back memories of the last days of the Marcos regime in 1985-86 and...
Read MoreWASHINGTON , D.C. – Activist organizations that monitor the activities of the international financial institutions today released a statement signed by over 60 civil society groups from 25 countries denouncing a...
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