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Comrade President? Change and Continuity in Sri Lanka
29 September 2024 - by Balasingham Skanthakumar
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) victory on 21 September as the candidate of the centre-left National People’s Power (NPP) coalition is highly significant for symbolic and substantive reasons. His predecessors have been from the social and (...) -
Is There A Life Without IMF: Debunking The Myth
22 September 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
Given that Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the progressive presidential candidate from National People’s Power, is leading in the election on September 21, 2024, it is crucial to consider the question: Could life exist without the IMF? According to (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The IMF and the World Bank in the time of Coronavirus: the failed campaign for a new image
18 September 2024 - by Eric Toussaint, Emilie Paumard, Milan Rivié
The World Bank and the IMF are 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by (...) -
The Case for the Complete Removal of IMF Surcharges: Historical Precedents and a Growing Burden
17 September 2024 - by Andrés Arauz, Ivana Vasic-Lalovic, Francisco Amsler
Abstract This paper argues for the elimination of the surcharge policy of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It explores the legal history of surcharges and underscores that there are precedents (i.e., in 1974, 1981, and 1992) for their (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
Ecuador: Resistance against the policies imposed by the World Bank, the IMF and other creditors between 2007 and 2011
16 August 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
The World Bank and the IMF are 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
Ecuador’s poisoned loans from the World Bank and the IMF
14 August 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
The World Bank and the IMF are 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by (...) -
STOP the IMF and the World Bank!
25 July 2024 - by CADTM International, Collective
This July 22, about a hundred popular movements, networks and social organizations from around the world launch a Call to join forces to put an end to the criminal actions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the (...) -
Solidarity with Kenyan people!
24 July 2024 - by CADTM International, Collective
The CADTM and Kenyan Allies Declaration We, the CADTM and Kenyan allies: Alarmed by the capture of the Kenyan government by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that has worsened the Kenyan debt crisis. Affirm our solidarity with the Kenyan (...) -
Sri Lanka: The conjuncture in the crisis
10 July 2024 - by Balasingham Skanthakumar
“Aaranchiya Subhai!” (‘Await Good News’) read posters plastered across the country recently. It was the build-up to Ranil Wickremesinghe’s televised speech on June 26, passing off a bad deal with official creditors on debt servicing as “Sri Lanka has (...) -
End Austerity: A Global Report on Budget Cuts and Harmful Social Reforms in 2022-25
8 July 2024 - by Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins
This report exposes the dangers of a post-pandemic austerity shock, far more premature and severe than the one that followed the global financial crisis. It finds that 85 percent of the world’s population is living in the grip of austerity, more (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
Structural Adjustment and the Washington Consensus Are Not Abandoned in 2000
3 July 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
Climate and environmental crisis: Sorcerer’s apprentices at the World Bank and the IMF
26 June 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The World Bank and IMF have set their sights on East Timor, a state officially born in May 2002
19 June 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The World Bank’s accounts
5 June 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The Meltzer Commission on the IFI at the US Congress in 2000
29 May 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005)
22 May 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The World Bank and the IMF: the creditors’ bailiffs
8 May 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank
The CADTM Denounces the Lack of Action on Climate Change and the Neoliberal Approach of the Bretton Woods Institutions
24 April 2024 - by CADTM International
The Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank ended on Saturday 20 April 2024. As expected, there were no changes to the neoliberal policies promoted and imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions. A demonstration was held in front of the (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
Theoretical lies of the World Bank
3 April 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The World Bank and the IMF in Indonesia: an emblematic interference
27 March 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
CSOs and TUs reject cosmetic consultations of IMF
21 March 2024 - by Collective
The IMF team is in Colombo for the Second Review of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) loan agreement with Sri Lanka and will meet with some civil society organisations and think tanks in Colombo on 19 March 2024, to receive their views on (...) -
Series: 1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
The World Bank and the Philippines
13 March 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
Series: 1944-2024, 80 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF, that’s enough !
World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships
6 March 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and (...) -
CADTM South Asia annual meeting
Pakistan: Squeezed between IMF programmes and political repression, young people are leaving the country
4 March 2024 - by Abdul Khaliq, Maxime Perriot
Just like Sri Lanka, Pakistan signed an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $3 billion loan. It is disbursed as and when the Pakistani government applies the conditionalities demanded by the IMF. This 24th agreement with the (...) -
In 9 Charts: India’s Growing Debt Problem Has ‘Crisis-Like Symptoms’
4 March 2024 - by Deepanshu Mohan
The IMF recently concluded its Article IV consultation with India and published its executive board’s report. The team notes: “India’s economy showed robust growth over the past year. Headline inflation has, on average, moderated although it (...)
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