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 41 No 12 | WORLD BANK Take your medicine 9th June 2000 'Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?' is the unusual title of the World Bank's latest plea for more cash for Africa. It's also the starting line for the...