Water, Land, Labour: The Impacts of Forced Privatization in Vulnerable Communities (June 2003)
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IFI policies and positions
Letter to Canadian Exec. Dir. at World Bank Re: Water Privatization - May 12, 2003
Mr. Marcel Massé
Finding Real Solutions to Unsustainable Debt (February 2003)
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Letter to Canadian IMF Director Re: Proposed New Debt - December 18, 2002
Letter to Canadian IMF Director on Proposed New Debt Restructuring Mechanism
Mr. Ian Bennett
IMF Executive Director for Canada
Fax: 202-623-4712
Re.: IMF board meeting on SDRM on December 18, 2002
Dear Mr. Bennett,
On December 18, the Board will discuss the IMF’s most recent version of an insolvency procedure for states, labelled the “Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism” (SDRM).
Submission to UK Parliamentary Committee on the World Bank - October 25, 2002
Submission to the International Development Committee, House of Commons
Press Responses : October 11, 2002
Wall Street Journal (10/11)
World Bank Chief Blocks Romanian Gold-Mine Loan
By Neil King Jr.
Press Release - Friday, July 19, 2002
NGOs respond to G8 Action Plan for Africa
NGOs are looking for commitments and follow-through in the following areas:
Bring NEPAD Home for Democratic Debate
Speech on financial liberalization - July 2002
Money, money everywhere, but nary a drop to drink
KANANASKIS G7 SUMMIT ISSUE BRIEFS (June 2002): The G8 is not our fate
An information kit containing 11 factsheets discussing different issues related to the G8, including what is the G8 and he New Partnership for Africa's Development.
- Who we are [ 555 Kb ]
- Key Messages on NEPAD from Africa Canada Forum [ 1.9 Mb ]
- New Strategies, Old Loan Conditions: The Case of Uganda [ 1.4 Mb ]
- G7 Response to Financial Crises - Another Band-Aid [ 1.4 Mb ]
- What's shutout of the G7? - The Tobin tax and Mountains of Money for Development [ 2.6 Mb ]
Open letter to the G7 finance ministers - June 1, 2002
Open letter to the G7 finance ministers
When the G7 heads of government met in Halifax in June 1995, leaders made a commitment to a series of measures to reform the Bretton Woods Institutions. The G7 called for the provision of multi-lateral debt relief for the poorest countries, the promotion of environmentally sustainable development and the reduction of poverty.
Seven years later, these promises are unfulfilled. The crisis of legitimacy confronting the World Bank and the IMF at the 50th anniversary of their creation led to the G7 to take up the reform of the international financial institutions (IFIs) in Halifax. As the G7 finance ministers return to Halifax, this question of legitimacy continues to haunt the institutions.
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