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Full-Spectrum Idiocy: GOP and Chavez on Iran

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Cia, World Bank, U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Imf, Barack Obama, Indigenous People, Quixote Center, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Shah, World Trade Organization, Human Rights, Peru, Center for International Policy, President Bush, Republican Party, Amazon, Politics News
Norman Solomon

When approaching Iran, the Republican Party line and the Hugo Chavez line are running in opposite directions -- but parallel.

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World Bank Issues Gloomy Forecast on Global Economic Crisis

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Recession, European Central Bank, Global Economy, Nouriel Roubini, World Bank, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Sheldon Filger

This is a disaster-laden forecast, which essentially describes a developed global economy mired in staggering contraction.

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Obama's Schooling the Bank on Transparency

Chad Dobson | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Disclosure, Ifi, Open Government, Multilateral Development Banks, World Bank, Bretton Woods System, Business News, Imf, Freedom of Information, Obama Transparency, Business News
Chad Dobson

Over the past five months, President Obama has made great strides in improving transparency within the USG. Mr. Zoellick and his team of experts over at the World Bank could stand to learn a thing or two from the U.S. Government.

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Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: World Trade Organization, Poverty, Africa, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

It is time to look ahead instead of look behind. It is time to leave the fears of the baby boomers behind and embrace the developing world once and for all.

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World Bank Withholds (Some) Funding for Deforestation

Rachel Cernansky | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Brazil, Meat, Beef, World Bank, Eating Matters, Environment, Green News
Rachel Cernansky

According to a Greenpeace report, Brazil's cattle sector "is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for one in every eight hectares destroyed globally."

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Sir Bob Geldof, Bono, Jeff Sachs and Bill Easterly Should Lead on the Reform of the Levers of Foreign Assistance

Sunil Chacko | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Bono, Jeff Sachs, Foreign Assistance, Paul Wolfowitz, Bill Easterly, Sir Bob Geldof, Silvio Berlusconi, World Bank, World News
Sunil Chacko

Leading lights of the aid movement -- Geldof, Bono, Sachs and Easterly -- continue to bicker with politicians and amongst themselves without taking a visible role in reform of the levers of assistance.

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The Paradox of the Silver Bullet

Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Globalgiving, Silver Bullet, International Aid, World Bank, World News
Dennis Whittle

Microcredit is not a silver bullet for poverty alleviation. But Kiva has done an exceptional job in advancing the popular understanding of the role that credit can play in raising people out of poverty.

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Obama's Call for Educating Women

David Gartner | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Obama Mideast Trip, Barack Obama Middle East, Obama Education, World Bank, Lawrence Summers, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cairo, World News
David Gartner

Education, especially for girls and women, is the most highly leveraged investment now available for developing countries.

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Civil Society to the World Bank: Adopt Transparency 2.0

Chad Dobson | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Structural Adjustment Loans, Multilateral Development Banks, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Disclosure, Bretton Woods System, World Bank, Imf, Civil Society, Accountability, World News
Chad Dobson

Various civil society groups reiterated the need for disclosure of deliberative World Bank documents, especially those relating to the Development Policy Loans.

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It's All About U.S.

Margee Ensign | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Imf, Central America, Global Depression, U.S. Isolationism, World Bank, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Margee Ensign

It is a time to find common ground with our neighbors around the world and develop global solutions to a global crisis.

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Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank

Chad Dobson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: G20 Summit, Economy, Multilateral Development Banks, g20-London, World Bank, Imf, Market Meltdown, Structural Adjustment Loans, Gordon Brown, Egypt, Bretton Woods System, Financial Crisis, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Business News
Chad Dobson

An improved disclosure policy requires a shift in thinking and a new business approach from the World Bank.

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Haiti Donors Conference: A New Paradigm or New Packaging?

Monika Kalra Varma | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Donor Conference, Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank, Imf, Hillary Clinton, Haiti, Idb, World News
Monika Kalra Varma

International leaders gathered in Washington, DC this past week to pledge assistance to Haiti through the Haiti.Now, the rhetoric of partnership with Haiti needs to be actualized.

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Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference

The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Terrorism, President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan, World Bank, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Taliban, Imf, Afghanistan, United States, Tokyo, Japan, Pakistan Donors Conference, Islamic Insurgency, Tokyo-Japan, World News

Countries supporting Pakistan are set to pledge a total of about 4 billion dollars (about 400 billion yen) in aid to the country over the next two yea...

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Take a Hike, Professor Summers!

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Harvard University, Frank Rich, World Bank, Economy, Lawrence Summers, President Obama, Politics News
Murray Fromson

What is incomprehensible is that Summers may be an economic genius, but he seems to have the sensitivity of a 300 lb. gorilla.

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It's the Global Economy (Stupid) -- or Is It?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, Global Economy, Nafta, European Union, Free Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, g20, Global Economic Crisis, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Fiscal Stimulus, Monetary Policy, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Deregulation, World News
Mark Weisbrot

The contemporary idea of the "global economy" is based on a misapplied analogy to the historical development of national economies.

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama G-20, Global Economy, Latin America, Central America, IMF Funding, Bretton Woods, World Bank, Imf, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, G-20 Summit, Africa, IMF Bailout, G-20 Europe, Neoliberalism, Economic Failure, Globaliation, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrat...

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Dambisa Moyo and Why Western Aid is Killing Africa

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Bono, Aid Industry, Western, Africa, Aid, Dambisa Moyo, World Bank, Zimbabwe, World News
Jake Whitney

In addition to killing the aid program, Dambisa Moyo prescribes free-market policies such as delving into the capital markets and creative financing such as micro-finance.

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Inclusive Capitalism Not Economic Colonialism: the G20 and the Future

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Microcredit, Colonialism, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, World Bank, Economy, g20, Financial Crisis, Imf, Capitalism, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We have seen what happens when Capitalism runs amok and is not inclusive. The problem is not capitalism, it is greed and the lack of the human element.

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Romania Becomes Third Eastern EU Country To Be Bailed Out

The Guardian | David Gow | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, International Economic Crisis, European Economic Crisis, Romania Bailout, European Union, Romanian Bailout, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Romania, IMF Bailout, Imf, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, European Bailout, Romania Economy, World News

The European Union, IMF and World Bank today bailed out Romania with a €20bn (£18.5bn) loan in return for severe cuts in public spending and wages....

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The Mystery of the Disappearance of the Bayh Amendment

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bayh Amendment, Lugar, Wyden-Snowe Amendment, Leahy, Senators Bayh, World Bank, Government Accountability Office, Politics News
Sunil Chacko

The US Senate should pass the Bayh amendment again and ensure that it is not taken out yet again from the Appropriations bill of 2010 under discussion now.

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Global Economy To Shrink In 2009: World Bank

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Global Economy, Us, Economy, World Bank, Business News

The global economy is set to shrink by one to two percent this year, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, saying the depth of the sl...

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World Bank cuts China's 2009 growth forecast

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Economy, World Bank, World Bank Cuts China Growth Forecast, China Gdp, China, China Gdp Growth, World Economy, Business News

BEIJING — The World Bank cut its forecast of China's 2009 growth from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent on Wednesday due to plunging exports but expres...

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Isolationist Policies On The Rise Threatening A Global Trade War: World Bank

Washington Post | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Economy, Exports, World Bank, Free Trade, g20, Buy American, Trade War, Trade Wars, Imports, Trade, Isolationism, Fair Trade, Trade Barriers, Global Financial Crisis, World News

At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maritime Law, Naval Standoff, Brussels, US Troops, Israel Lobby, Pakistan, World Bank, Pakistan Protests, China, Chas Freeman, Iran, Nato, Economic Cooperation Organization Summit, Mauritania, Us, Zardari, Embassy, Morocco, Missle Launch, Fatah, Palestine, Hamas, Suicide Bombs, Satellite, Biden, Anbar, Ahmadinejad, Cairo, Sunni Insurgency, Afghanistan, Palestinian Unity Talks, Iraq, Prisoner Swap, Pullout, North Korea, Icbm, Fayyad, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Policy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

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