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May 25, 2011 By
IMF Still Colonial
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 (IPS) – The International Monetary Fund will probably continue to be headed by a European after the resignation of France’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but the debate over his replacement indicates this degree of Eurocentrism is unlikely to prevail the next [...]
IMF’s Rhetoric Still Far from Its Policies
April 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally Published on The Guardian Unlimited, April 18, 2011 See the article on the original website Mark Weisbrot As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank gathered in Washington for their annual Spring Meetings, there was more talk about how much the IMF has changed. IMF Managing Director Dominique [...]
ARGENTINA-BOLIVIA: Gas Pipeline to Boost Development, Revenues – But Not for Everyone
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente* BUENOS AIRES, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS) – "The pipeline will carry gas to Bolivia and seven provinces in Argentina, but we who live in Campo Durán, where the pipeline starts, will not have gas," Julio Palavecino told IPS. Palavecino is the leader of a community [...]
Swaziland’s Middle-Income Status Reflects Only King’s Lifestyle
April 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE, Mar 31, 2011 (IPS) – While Swaziland struggles to alleviate its fiscal crisis with foreign aid because of its World Bank classification as a lower middle-income country, the government has increased the budget for King Mswati III, Africa’s last remaining absolute monarch and one [...]
Wisconsin Continues Right-Wing Structural Reforms That Have Transformed the United States
March 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally published on The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on March 10, 2011. Read the article in its original form. By Mark Weisbrot With the latest turn of events in Wisconsin, Republican state senators have circumvented the need for a quorum vote on Scott Walker’s budget bill by leaving out the fiscal [...]
