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		<title>LATIN AMERICA: NGOs Demand Transparency, Reforms in IDB</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/03/17/latin-america-ngos-demand-transparency-reforms-in-idb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio Godoy 
MEXICO CITY, Mar 17&#160; (IPS)&#160; &#8211; Dozens of civil society organisations in the Americas are demanding greater transparency and accountability as well as structural reforms in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), ahead of the multilateral lender&#8217;s annual meeting of governors that starts Friday in the Mexican resort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Microfinance Crisis</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/03/16/the-microfinance-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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By Dr. Peter Wolff* 
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BONN (IDN) &#8211; Microfinance has in recent years evolved into a popular instrument of poverty reduction. At the latest since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in 2006, even the broad public has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/03/15/qa-wanted-in-latin-america-responsible-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Daniela Estrada interviews JUAN TRÍMBOLI of Consumers International 
SANTIAGO, Mar 15&#160;&#160; (IPS)&#160; &#8211; Improving access to financial services and achieving ”responsible credit” require ongoing dialogue on the part of companies, states and consumers, Juan Trímboli, regional coordinator of the Consumers International office in Latin America and the Caribbean, told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Innovation: What Is It Good For? Credit Default Swaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Baker
Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR
First Published on March 11, 2010
See the original article on the CEPR website.
In his survey of financial innovations over the last four decades Brookings economist Robert Litan bravely comes to the defense of credit default swaps (CDS), the instrument that gained so much notoriety with the collapse of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHINESE DEFENCE BUDGET: SUSPICIONS OF FUDGING PERSIST</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/03/11/chinese-defence-budget-suspicions-of-fudging-persist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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B.RAMAN
At a proposed total expenditure of 532.11 billion yuan (  US Dollars 78.25 billion), the Chinese defence budget presented to the National People’s Congress (NPC), the Parliament, in session in Beijing since March 5,2010, represents  a 7.5 percent increase over last year&#8217;s spending. In 2009, the defence budget increased by 14.2 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EUROPE:  Green Finance Wise, or Otherwise</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/03/08/europe-green-finance-wise-or-otherwise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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By David Cronin 
BRUSSELS, Mar 8, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; A plan to give the European Union&#8217;s lending arm a beefed-up mandate for financing the fight against climate change has drawn a sceptical response from campaigners on green and economic justice issues. 
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		<title>GLOBAL ECONOMY: ‘Logistics an Essential Ingredient of Development’</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2010/01/18/global-economy-logistics-an-essential-ingredient-of-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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BY RAMESH JAURA   
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BERLIN (IDN) &#8211; Global development cooperation backed by financial grants or extremely low-interest and long-term loans, has for long been considered vital to overcoming the woes of middle-income and poor countries. But this can only be a drop in the ocean. 
Of critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECONOMY:  Government Failures Feeding Next Financial Bubble</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2009/11/25/economy-government-failures-feeding-next-financial-bubble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Analysis by Julio Godoy 
BERLIN, Nov 24 (IPS) &#8211; Numerous failures by industrialised countries’ governments and central banks in managing the financial crisis are feeding the next bubble, which most likely will again provoke economic woes such as recession, unemployment, and poverty, according to economists and analysts. 
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		<title>Giant holes in new banking rules</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2009/11/20/giant-holes-in-new-banking-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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November 20, 2009
Ferguson: Admin. asked for too little in the banking bill, nothing is preventing another banking crisis
 More at The Real News
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		<title>The Anatomy of Casino Capitalism &#8211; Part 8</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2009/11/18/the-anatomy-of-casino-capitalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Real News Network
November 11-18, 2009
Jane D&#8217;Arista analyzes multiple aspects and dimensions of today&#8217;s financialized casino capitalism, what it means to the public, and what some of the available policy options are.
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		<title>FINANCE:  Icelanders Question IMF Loan</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2009/11/18/finance-icelanders-question-imf-loan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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By Lowana Veal 
REYKJAVIK, Nov 18 (IPS) &#8211; After eight months of waiting, Iceland is finally back on the agenda of the IMF. The second instalment of the IMF loan was agreed at the end of last month and has now been transferred to Iceland. 
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		<title>The Anatomy of Casino Capitalism &#8211; Part 6</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2009/11/16/the-anatomy-of-casino-capitalism-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Real News Network
November 11-18, 2009
Jane D&#8217;Arista analyzes multiple aspects and dimensions of today&#8217;s financialized casino capitalism, what it means to the public, and what some of the available policy options are.
In this segment she analyzes the Federal Reserve system.

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