South African should be wary about long term repercussions of new IMF loans
5 June by Patrick Bond
Amidst this raging debate about the role of IMF loans to pull out countries from the economic mess triggered by the outbreak of the pandemic, Patrick Bond, professor at the University of the Western Cape School of Government in an interview to Radio Islam International warns us about the impacts of such loans. He insists that instead of solving the crisis, the IMF loans will drag countries into further mess with long-term implications.
is professor at the University of the Western Cape School of Government in Cape Town, and co-editor of BRICS and Resistance in Africa (published by Zed Books, 2019).
Other articles in English by Patrick Bond (79)
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Putting an end to the EU’s neo-colonial policies in the field of trade and investment: Economic pressures from above, social reaction from below
22 September, by Patrick Bond
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World Bank’s rating obsession will negate debt justice
31 August, by Patrick Bond , Dominic Brown
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Should South Africa Follow the Law of the Jungle – or the Doctrine of Odious Debt?
30 April, by Patrick Bond
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Subimperial BRICS enter the Bolsonaro-Putin-Modi-Xi-Ramaphosa Era
13 March, by Patrick Bond
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Who really ‘state-captured’ South Africa? Revealing silences in poverty, inequality and structurally-corrupt capitalism
2 March, by Patrick Bond
Series: Adverse International and Local Conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa (Part 6)
New Threats, New Resistances and New Alternatives12 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
Series: Adverse International and Local Conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa (Part 5)
Local South African Economic Conditions6 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
Series: Adverse International and Local Conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa (Part 4)
Africa’s Renewed Crises of Unbalanced Trade, Disinvestment, Debt29 October 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
Series: Adverse International and Local Conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa (Part 3)
The China Factor22 October 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
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Does BRICS Banking offer an Alternative to the IMF and World Bank? Pessimistic Signals from South Africa
21 October 2019, by Patrick Bond
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6 months after the official announcements of debt cancellation for the countries of the South: Where do we stand?
18 September - Milan Rivié -
The World Bank’s accounts
7 September - Eric Toussaint -
The Meltzer Commission on the IFI at the US Congress in 2000
1 September - Eric Toussaint -
World Bank’s rating obsession will negate debt justice
31 August - Patrick Bond, Dominic Brown -
James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005)
26 August - Eric Toussaint
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Development banks must be held accountable for their disastrous oil palm plantation investments in the Congo
25 September - GRAIN -
6 months after the official announcements of debt cancellation for the countries of the South: Where do we stand?
18 September - Milan Rivié -
World Bank’s rating obsession will negate debt justice
31 August - Patrick Bond, Dominic Brown -
We are not fools! Solidarity with Omar Radi! Freedom!
7 August - Myriam Bourgy, ATTAC/CADTM Maroc, Pauline Imbach -
Caribbean reparations movement must put capitalism on trial
5 August - Ajamu Nangwaya
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Putting an end to the EU’s neo-colonial policies in the field of trade and investment: Economic pressures from above, social reaction from below
22 September - Patrick Bond -
World Bank’s rating obsession will negate debt justice
31 August - Patrick Bond, Dominic Brown -
Unleashing the power of pension funds and debt cancellation to finance a just energy transition
25 August - Dominic Brown -
IMF: if you didn’t like the starter, wait for the main dish
5 July - Amandla -
Running to the now ‘reformed’ IMF would be a mistake
3 June - Dominic Brown
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