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FINANCE: Groups Urge Bank to Deny Enron Loan for Bolivian Pipeline
Civil society groups are urging the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to think hard before giving shamed energy giant Enron and oil and gas producer Shell millions of dollars to finance expansion of a controversial gas pipeline in Bolivia.FINANCE: Activists View Argentina’s World Bank Default Positively
Argentina's decision to default on its debt to the World Bank could hurt the country's poor but might also prove beneficial in the long run, some analysts here say.FINANCE: Groups Urge Bank to Deny Enron Loan for Bolivian Pipeline
Civil society groups are urging the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to think hard before giving shamed energy giant Enron and oil and gas producer Shell millions of dollars to finance expansion of a controversial gas pipeline in Bolivia.FINANCE: Argentina Pays Small Fraction Only of World Bank Debt
Argentina paid only a fraction of its debt owed to the World Bank on Oct. 15, the institution announced Thursday.FINANCE: Argentina Pays Small Fraction Only of World Bank Debt
¡ Argentina paid only a fraction of its debt owed to the World Bank on Oct. 15, the institution announced Thursday.RIGHTS: Apartheid Victims Sue International Businesses
Lawyers of victims of the former apartheid government in South Africa are suing several international companies and banks that allegedly backed and aided the racist regime in its crimes against humanity.RIGHTS: Apartheid Victims Sue International Businesses
Lawyers of victims of the former apartheid government in South Africa are suing several international companies and banks that allegedly backed and aided the racist regime in its crimes against humanity.ENVIRONMENT: World Bank Continues to Back Polluting Incinerators
The World Bank Group continues to fund projects around the globe that include highly polluting incinerators, while it maintains that it is pouring money into plans to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases, civil society activists say.ENVIRONMENT: World Bank Continues to Back Polluting Incinerators
The World Bank Group continues to fund projects around the globe that include highly polluting incinerators, while it maintains that it is pouring money into plans to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases, civil society activists say.ENVIRONMENT: World Bank Continues to Back Polluting Incinerators
The World Bank Group continues to fund projects around the globe that include highly polluting incinerators, while it maintains that it is pouring money into plans to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases, civil society activists say.COMMUNICATIONS: Free Media Boosts Development, says World Bank
Developing countries need free and independent newspapers, radio and TV stations to boost their economic development, the World Bank said in a study released here Thursday.COMMUNICATIONS: Free Media Boosts Development, says World Bank
Developing countries need free and independent newspapers, radio and TV stations to boost their economic development, the World Bank said in a study released here Thursday.TRADE: U.S. Stance on FTAA Will Mean More Expensive Drugs – NGO
The United States' pro-corporate trade agenda in the ongoing free trade talks with Latin American countries in Quito, Ecuador could deprive millions of patients in the region of lifesaving medicines, says a leading health advocacy group.TRADE: U.S. Stance on FTAA Will Mean More Expensive Drugs – NGO
The United States' pro-corporate trade agenda in the ongoing free trade talks with Latin American countries in Quito, Ecuador could deprive millions of patients in the region of lifesaving medicines, says a leading health advocacy group.FINANCE: World Bank says New Forests Policy Will Fight Poverty
The World Bank on Thursday revealed a new forest policy that it says will enhance protection of the world's endangered forests and lift 500 million people out of poverty.FINANCE: World Bank says New Forests Policy Will Fight Poverty
The World Bank on Thursday revealed a new forest policy that it says will enhance protection of the world's endangered forests and lift 500 million people out of poverty.TRADE: U.S. Rolling Out Arguments for Americas Free Trade Talks
When U.S. officials head to Quito on Friday to talk free trade with 34 trade ministers from the western hemisphere, they will face many obstacles. But Washington has already lined up an array of persuasive weapons.TRADE: U.S. Rolling Out Arguments for Americas Free Trade Talks
When U.S. officials go to Quito, Ecuador next month to talk free trade with 34 trade ministers from the western hemisphere, they will face many obstacles. But Washington has already lined up an array of persuasive weapons.FINANCE: New IMF Lending Conditions Will Change Nothing – Critics
Critics say recent moves by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to adjust the controversial conditions attached to its lending will do nothing to give back to borrowing countries control of their economic futures.FINANCE: New IMF Lending Conditions Will Change Nothing – Critics
Critics say recent moves by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to adjust the controversial conditions attached to its lending will do nothing to give back to borrowing countries control of their economic futures.ECONOMY: Bush Plan for Cheaper Drugs Could Benefit Third World
A plan unveiled by President George W. Bush on Monday to bring lower cost, generic drugs into the U.S. market could open the door for more generics from developing countries.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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