World Bank

Wolwofitz to World Bank?! - Critics amazed

21 March 2005 - by The 50 Years Is Enough Network

Maybe Worst Possible Choice; Global Opposition to Selection “The Ball is in the Europeans’ Court” Two hours ago, President Bush announced his nomination of Paul Wolfowitz, currently Assistant Secretary of Defense, to be the next President of the (...)
Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bank

21 March 2005 - by Social Justice Committee

Social Justice Committee asks Canadian government to oppose nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to presidency of World Bank Montreal -16 March 2005 - Following today’s announcement that US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the Bush (...)
Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bank

21 March 2005 - by Essential Action

STATEMENT OF ROBERT WEISSMAN, DIRECTOR, ESSENTIAL ACTION, IN RESPONSE TO NOMINATION OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ TO HEAD WORLD BANK Unless the Bush administration’s intention is to speed up efforts to shut down and replace the World Bank altogether, it is (...)
Paul Wolfowitz as Head of the World Bank! Say it ain’t So!

21 March 2005 - by Mobilization for Global Justice

The Mobilization for Global Justice is shocked and awed at the audacity of the Bush administration in nominating Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank. Mr. Wolfowitz is a proven enemy of justice and peace worldwide. Our (...)
Press release

The Paris Club penalises the countries hit by the tsunami

11 March 2005 - by CADTM

The CADTM cries foul as the Paris Club penalises the countries hit by the tsunami. With the Paris Club, you can never be sure that it’s as bad as it looks, but it usually is! This has proved to be the case once again with the consequences of (...)
Report from Washington: Actions & Policy News from the IMF/World Bank 2004 Annual Meetings

18 October 2004 - by The 50 Years Is Enough Network

1. Developments on Debt 2. Developments on Expansion of IMF powers 3. Rally & Vigil events 4. News Articles on these topics The IMF/World Bank annual meetings have now concluded in Washington, apart from a few seminars and cocktail (...)
The winner and loser of WB fossil fuel finance

The Enregy Tug of War

28 May 2004 - by Seen

SEEN Press Release, 22 April 2004 World Bank funnels taxpayer funds for poverty reduction to Halliburton, Big Oil WASHINGTON - The Institute for Policy Studies released a report that shows that most oil projects supported by the World Bank (...)
Call to Action - Washington April 21-25, 2004

We reproduce here the ’50 years is enough’ network call to action against the IMF & the World Bank semi-annual meetings. International Days of Action Against the IMF & the World Bank: April 16 - 25, 2004 Call to Action for Mobilization (...)
Water Privatization: The WB’s Latest Market Fantasy

9 January 2004 - by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke

The impacts of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment programs on countries in the Global South have been well-documented in the areas of health and education, food security and jobs. However, less is known about the impacts of the World (...)
The myths and dangers of PRSPs

25 September 2003 - by Demba Moussa Dembélé

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), required by the IMF and the World Bank for access to debt relief and concessional assistance, are loaded with a number of myths that should be debunked.
The World Bank and the Third World Debt Crisis in historical Perspective

14 March 2002 - by Eric Toussaint

From the early ’seventies, McNamara saw the speed of growth of Third World indebtedness as a problem. He declared: “By the end of 1972, the debt totalled 75 billion dollars and annual servicing was more than seven billion dollars. Debt servicing (...)