Vol 53 No 21 | WORLD BANK Changing tribal customs on J Street 19th October 2012 An anthropoligist and medical doctor, the new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is putting his training to pratical use: ‘There is a piece of paper up on the wall of my Managing Di...
Vol 53 No 9 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Africa's run at the Bank 27th April 2012 Incoming President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim has two bulky Africa dossiers in his in-tray after seeing off – thanks to solid backing from the United States and Europe – his Ni...
Vol 51 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICA As power shifts eastwards, Africa boosts its stake 22nd October 2010 The new seat for Africa on the World Bank's board is a step forward - gaining more clout at the IMF is the next challenge Africa has won its first big victory in the ongoing reform of the international financial institutions in Washington by securing a third seat on the Executive Board of the World Ba...
Vol 51 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICA Caught in the currency battles 22nd October 2010 The main protagonists in the current currency skirmishes are the United States and China but developing economies are caught in the crossfire as governments talk of competitive dev...
Vol 51 No 10 | SUDANWORLD BANK Books not bribes 14th May 2010 The World Bank is looking for new printers following its decision to bar publishers Macmillan from all Bank contracts for six years. This follows the admission by a Macmillan subsi...
Vol 50 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICA A year after the crash 23rd October 2009 Facing stubbornly high food prices, rising joblessness and investment cutbacks, Africa is lagging behind the economic recovery in Asia A faint self-congratulatory whiff of a 'great depression averted' wafted through the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul, Turkey, on 4-5 O...
Vol 50 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND The great World Bank capital chase 23rd October 2009 This year, the World Bank group lent a record US$59 billion, a 54% increase over last year. In Africa, the Bank increased its new commitments by 45% over 2008, although in Latin Am...
Vol 50 No 20 | WORLD BANK Conditional love 8th October 2009 World Bank President Robert Zoellick is 'confused if not frustrated', according to his officials, by threats from Britain's Minister for International Development, Douglas Alexande...
Vol 50 No 9 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Harder cash but warmer words 1st May 2009 As befits an institution that has just been voted a trillion dollar boost to its capital resources, the International Monetary Fund busily dispensed loans and policy advice at its spring meeting on 24-25 April in Washington. It was the International Monetary Fund’s show in Washington. International finance ministers agreed to proposals to reshape the Fund, widen its mission and speed up plans to give d...
Vol 50 No 9 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK After the G-20, the money-go-around 1st May 2009 No one agrees about how much the global financial crisis is costing Africa, but all the international financial institutions agree that the continent needs its own fiscal stimulus ...