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Destroying African Agriculture

Walden Bello | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Biofuels, Trade, Food Crisis, Malawi, World Bank, Agriculture, Africa, Imf, Wto, Structural Adjustment, Politics News
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African agriculture is a case study of how doctrinaire economics serving corporate interests can destroy a whole continent's productive base.

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IMF: Europe's Economic Outlook Is Gloomy

Financial Times | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Imf, Gloomy European Economy, Europe's Economy, Europe, Imf Europe Economy, Business News

Europe's economy is resilient but not immune to global economic threats, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday as it defended its gloomy vi...

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Dramatic Turnaround: IMF Head Calls For Stimulus Packages

Financial Times | Chris Giles and Gillian Tett | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Imf, Davos, Dominque Strauss-Kahn, Stimulus Packages, International Monetary Fund, Business News

The intensifying credit crunch is so severe that lower interest rates alone will not be enough "to get out of the turmoil we are in", Dominique Straus...

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Agencies Expect Good Year For Iraq

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Imf, Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, United Nations, Politics News

Iraq faces a period of economic growth and political progress, according to assessments by the International Monetary Fund and the UN. The IMF sees 7...

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Chavez, S. American Allies Launch Regional Bank

AP | Bill Cormier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Imf, Banco Del Sur, Chavez, Hugo Chavez, Inter-American Development Bank, Bank of the South, President Chavez, World Bank, Business News

Hugo Chavez and leaders of six other South American nations launched a regional development bank that they tout as the continent's answer to U.S.-infl...

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Growth Abroad Offsets Sluggish U.S. Sales

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Slowdown, Imf, Global Economy, International Business, Global Growth, International Monetary Fund, Sluggish US Sales, Business News

If the fortunes of the Power Curbers company were tied solely to business in the United States, these would be grim days at its factory on the fringes...

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