South African should be wary about long term repercussions of new IMF loans
5 June 2020 by Patrick Bond
Amidst this raging debate about the role of IMF loans to pull out countries from the economic mess triggered by the outbreak of the pandemic, Patrick Bond, professor at the University of the Western Cape School of Government in an interview to Radio Islam International warns us about the impacts of such loans. He insists that instead of solving the crisis, the IMF loans will drag countries into further mess with long-term implications.
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 (109)
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BRICS+ emerge from Johannesburg, humbled as sub- (not anti- or inter-) imperialists
30 August, by Patrick Bond
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The BRICS Johannesburg summit’s hype, hope and helplessness
18 August, by Patrick Bond
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Durban deceits threaten global climate politics
27 June, by Patrick Bond
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Incoming World Bank President Ajay Banga’s predatory-finance background threatens even more prolific Bank poverty-creation
12 April, by Patrick Bond , Milford Bateman , Lena Lavinas , Erin Torkelson
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Climate-Financing Carrots and Sticks in South Africa
29 March, by Patrick Bond
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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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Let’s Make Our Counter-Summit In Marrakech : A Successful Meeting Of Global Social And Climate Grassroot Movements. A Concretization Of All Forms Of International Solidarity With The Disaster-Stricken Morocco.
18 September - Collective, ATTAC/CADTM Morocco -
“Austerity driven economic reforms affect women more than men”
14 September - Balasingham Skanthakumar, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Lakmali Hemachandra -
“Domestic Debt Restructuring in Sri Lanka: Forcing the poor to pay the debt of the rich”
30 August - Collective -
Marrakech, world wealthiest’ banquet hall, receives main makers of poverty and injustices in the world.
27 August - Jawad Moustakbal -
Resisting the Debt System
10 August - Eric Toussaint, Ashley Smith
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Lomé Declaration
14 September - CADTM Afrique, Attac-Togo, Womin, Foundation for a just society -
Chile: 50 years after the disgrace Neoliberalism at gun point
7 September - Eric Toussaint, Roberto González Amador -
China Seduces Africa: a Love Story or a Honey Pot? Is it that Simple?
5 July - Pierre-François Grenson -
The CADTM condemns the nomination of Ajay Banga as the future President of the World Bank and calls for the replacement of this institution
1 March - CADTM International -
Haiti, which questions ?
27 February - Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, Boubacar Boris Diop
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Durban deceits threaten global climate politics
27 June - Patrick Bond -
Climate-Financing Carrots and Sticks in South Africa
29 March - Patrick Bond -
French fossil imperialism, South African subimperialism and anti-imperial resistance
15 December 2022 - Patrick Bond -
Western diplomats offer rotten climate carrot, and wield broken sanctions stick
5 December 2022 - Patrick Bond, Desmond D’Sa -
Decarbonisation financing foiled in Egypt: World Bank and Pretoria sabotage global climate justice
12 November 2022 - Patrick Bond
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