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  • Vol 47 No 19
  • 22/09/2006

Crying Wolfowitz

Critics of the Bank's new corruption policy say it will cut aid to Africa and punish the poor

  • Vol 47 No 2
  • 20/01/2006

Changing regimes

The World Bank is insisting that borrowers keep their promises on transparency

  • Vol 45 No 20
  • 08/10/2004

Millennial crisis

Rich countries cannot agree on policies to boost African economies

  • Vol 44 No 20
  • 10/10/2003

Missing the goals

Rich countries are reneging on promises to finance education for the poorest children

  • Vol 44 No 20
  • 10/10/2003

Going Dutch

The generous Netherlands' foreign aid programme is being overhauled to concentrate on a reduced list of 36 countries, with defined priorities. African countries will get just over a quarter of the total, fixed by cross-party agreement at 0.8 per cent of D...

  • Vol 44 No 20
  • 10/10/2003

The gift horse's mouth

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 clout of poor countries and the big emerging economies a campaign that gathered mo...

  • Vol 43 No 20
  • 11/10/2002

The terror factor

The fear of more failed states may scare the West into increasing aid for Africa

  • Vol 43 No 19
  • 27/09/2002

Joined-up aid

The late September annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank will discuss proposals to review the performance of national development agencies and multilateral institutions to check whether they reduce poverty.

  • Vol 43 No 13
  • 28/06/2002

Carrots for Kinshasa

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank's US$1.2 billion package is a massive gesture of political support for President Joseph Kabila. Technically it was made possible by a relatively successful IMF staff-monitored programme, which saw the introdu...

  • Vol 42 No 20
  • 12/10/2001

The other war

Casualties in Africa's economic battles are outstripping those in the military campaigns in Asia and the Middle East

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