Neoliberal threats to North Africa
12 November 2013 by Patrick Bond
Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa A 2008 incident in Carthage spoke volumes about power politics and economic ideol- ogy. As he was given the country’s main honour, the Order of the Tunisian Republic, on account of his ‘contribution to the reinforcement of economic development at the global level’, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned the favour, offering Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s dictatorship a warm embrace. ‘Economic policy adopted here is a sound policy and is the best model for many emerging countries,’ said Strauss-Kahn. ‘Our discussions confirmed that we share many of the same views on Tunisia’s achievements and main challenges. Tunisia is making impressive progress in its reform agenda and its pro- spects are favourable’ (Phillips 2011, p.1).
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is professor at the University of Johannesburg Department of Sociology, and co-editor of BRICS and Resistance in Africa (published by Zed Books, 2019).
Other articles in English by Patrick Bond (104)
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World Economic Forum plutocrats suffer vertigo on contemporary capitalism’s roller-coaster
17 January, by Patrick Bond
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French fossil imperialism, South African subimperialism and anti-imperial resistance
15 December 2022, by Patrick Bond
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Western diplomats offer rotten climate carrot, and wield broken sanctions stick
5 December 2022, by Patrick Bond , Desmond D’Sa
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Decarbonisation financing foiled in Egypt: World Bank and Pretoria sabotage global climate justice
12 November 2022, by Patrick Bond
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Austerity budget accelerates both South Africa’s “Arab Spring” and climate crimes
1 November 2022, by Patrick Bond
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Thorny questions for Western and South African “Just Energy Transition Partnership” negotiators (from whom we won’t get satisfactory answers)
21 October 2022, by Patrick Bond , Desmond D’Sa
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In South Africa, resistance rises to the World Bank’s climate-killing mega-projects
16 October 2022, by Patrick Bond
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Philanthrocapitalism seen from South Africa
9 August 2022, by Patrick Bond
Emerging-market finance, neoliberal ideology and durable malgovernance at the BRICS New Development Bank
The BRICS spall, fall and (try to) reconstitute11 July 2022, by Patrick Bond
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The G7 prepares a divide-and-conquer trap, as BRICS countries spall, fall and try to reconstitute
24 June 2022, by Patrick Bond
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The Dakar Declaration – Pan-African cooperation & global solidarity
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Africa : the debt trap and how to get out of it
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Who is Financing Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa?
28 November 2022 - Urgewald
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