A fig for social concerns

The holy cow of structural adjustments holds supreme sway, leaving the people to shift for themselves

Loan sharks lay debt trap

Stimulus sought

IMF statistics show drop

Damp squib

Attempts to disrupt the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank failed

The Korean conundrum

Demand management is better for both the environment and the economy. The sooner South Korea realises this, the easier it would be for the nation …

CONGO

AFRICA INITIATIVE

All for the people

International organisations concentrating on the moral and material uplift of the underpriviledged

Tax the rich and help the poor survive

IMF's bete noire

Leaving the poor aside

Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …

INDONESIA

We need not have gone to the World Bank

India may have compromised her sovereignty over the Narmada issue

IMF-Bank policies denude the environment

Dwindling forest covers are the ugly fallout for countries which had opted for projects funded by the IMF and the World Bank. The latter's …

Oxfam takes IMF, World Bank to task

British aid agency Oxfam has criticised the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for their economic policies in sub-Saharan Africa.

Global ills won't find a cure in the market

IMF package leads Pakistan to disaster

A short-term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation

Debt in Eastern Africa rising rapidly, but remains manageable

An additional US$600 billion is needed in Africa every year until 2030 in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Starve a child to repay a debt

External debt has proved an albatross around the neck of African nations. At least two-thirds of their total debt will have to be written off if …

Corporate farming

Pakistan's proposal to allow multinationals into its agriculture sector may be bad news for the environment

IMF, World Bank blamed for food shortage in Malawi

Will liberalisation destroy the environment?

Get eight economists to discuss an issue and you'll get nine opinions. Down to Earth did precisely that. Eight noted economists were invited, …

Why opposing the man Trump wants as head of the World Bank might just work

US President Trump’s nomination of his Treasury Undersecretary David Malpass to World Bank should be seen more as an opportunity by African …

Justice league for people’s rights

In June 1979, an innovation in the field of law and politics came about in the form of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal. The idea behind it is …