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Poverty, Unemployment Spreading Across Latin America - Development Bank

BBC Worldwide Monitoring | December 27, 2001

WTO Woes: Free-traders agree to a new `round"" of talks in Qatar but not much else.

By: David Moberg | In These Times

Tinkering with Poverty

Guardian (London) | November 20, 2001 | By George Monbiot The WTO will not deliver for poor countries. We need to revive Keynes's original plan

Another Plea for More Aid to Poor

Washington Post | November 19, 2001 U.S. Hesitant as IMF, World Bank Urge Bigger Contributions by Paul Blustein

New WTO Round

THE KOREA HERALD

Paper Reveals Collusion Between UK Government and London Financial Service Lobby

Research Paper Reveals Collusion Between UK Government and London Financial Services Lobby

Former World Bank Economist Wins Nobel Peace Prize

by Greg Palast The Observer, London The World Bank's former Chief Economist's accusations are eye-popping - including how the IMF and US Treasury fixed the Russian elections

IMF-World Bank Parley Off: Security Concerns Scratch Meeting Set for Washington in 2 Weeks

CNNfn | September 17, 2001 NEW YORK - The International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as expected, canceled their joint meeting that had been scheduled for Washington, D.C., at the end of this month, due to security concerns arising from last week's terrorist attack.

World Financial Organizations Consider Canceling Meetings

Chicago Tribune | By R.C. Longworth, staff reporter | September 13, 2001 The next two big global meetings, already threatened by protesters and besieged by controversy, have probably been torpedoed by the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, officials say.

September In Washington, D.C.

By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman