Vol 39 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Devastating debts 23rd October 1998 Arguments among rich countries are slowing progress on cutting Africa's debts Africa’s hopes for more debt relief are caught between rich countries squabbling over who is to pay for the debt cuts and an increasingly militant international campaign to...
Vol 39 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Revised downwards 9th October 1998 The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook projects African gross domestic product growth at 3.7 per cent this year, compared to its earlier forecast of 4.8 per cent....
Vol 38 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Asian tigers, African lions 10th October 1997 African finance ministers are looking more carefully at Asia's economic models, mired in currency and environmental crises African finance ministers making the pilgrimage to Hong Kong for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (23-25 September) were treated to a...
Vol 37 No 20 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Corruption cancer 4th October 1996 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have started to push a more robustly political agenda, with strong attacks on corruption, dictatorship, human rights abuses and high...