The World Bank and the Imf in Developing Countries: Globalization and the Crisis of Legitimacy
The Conflict
Some of the poorest nations in the world are currently spending inordinate proportions of th...
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World Bank
Affiliated with the United Nations, the World Bank was formally established in 1946 to finance projects to spur the economic development of member nations, most notably those in Europe an...
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World Bank
The World Bank (Bank) or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development was created at a meeting of the forty-four World War II allied nations in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 194...
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The World Bank's board wants to meet Wednesday with Robert Zoellick, President Bush's choice to run the poverty-fighting institution.The board, in a statement released late Monday, invited Zoellick...
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WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on
Wednesday it would adopt recommendations by a panel led by
former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to beef up its
main corruption fightin...
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Thursday expressed his
intention to resign on June 30 amid a furor inside and outside the
Washington-based development i...
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Thursday expressed his
intention to resign on June 30 amid a furor inside and outside the
Washington-based development insti...
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said
Thursday that he intends to leave his post around October for
''personal reasons'' following the concl...
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said
Thursday that he intends to leave his post around October for
''personal reason...
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he was sorry.His apology didn't ease concerns...
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he was sorry.His apology didn't ease concerns...
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Tennis: Double win for Japan, Sugiyama, Morigami make Wimbledon's 2nd
round
WIMBLEDON, England - It was a great fourth day for Japan at the
Wimbledon Championships with both Ai ...
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