Vol 44 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND The gift horse's mouth 10th October 2003 The United States, the economic superpower, holds the power of veto in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. That could be threatened by proposals to increase the...
Vol 43 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND The terror factor 11th October 2002 The fear of more failed states may scare the West into increasing aid for Africa Rich countries have made grand promises at no fewer than three summit meetings this year – in Monterrey, Kananaskis and Johannesburg. However, their African counterparts did not expect...
Vol 43 No 2 | BENININTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Bio's bio 25th January 2002 Benin's Finance Minister, Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, will take over as the International Monetary Fund's Africa Department chief next month. He was once tipped as a potential prime minister...
Vol 42 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND The other war 12th October 2001 Casualties in Africa's economic battles are outstripping those in the military campaigns in Asia and the Middle East Watching Africa's halting economic progress amid war and recession, World Bank officials are launching an emergency drive for aid. Despite a decade of economic reform and debt relief,...
Vol 42 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Fighting for Farmers 12th October 2001 More African countries are to test out a World Bank-backed commodity insurance scheme as prices for coffee, cocoa and cotton hit new lows on the terminal markets in...
Vol 41 No 19 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Economic battlefield 29th September 2000 Africans have won the moral argument on debt: now they must win a much tougher one - over access to markets in rich countries Two days of violence between demonstrators and police at the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in the Czech capital, Prague, on 26-27 September...
Vol 41 No 19 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND When push comes to shove 29th September 2000 Eventually one government minister's patience snapped with the nit-picking technical debate on mechanisms of debt relief for the world's poorest countries. Canada's Finance Minister, Paul Martin, seemed to...
Vol 40 No 20 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Life after debt 8th October 1999 Agreement on the latest plan to reduce Africa's debt burden should allow policymakers to concentrate on growth and investment Africa moved up the agenda at the 28-30 September annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington after the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised...
Vol 40 No 20 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Who's dropping the debt? 8th October 1999 The debt of poor countries has finally become a significant political issue in the West. The latest changes on debt policy have been prompted by non-governmental organisations' relentless...
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...