PHA-Exchange> BWP Update 56: From Wolfowitz to Zoellick, saying no to the IFIs

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Please find below the highlights of the  most recent Bretton Woods Update.

http://brettonwoodsproject.org/update/56

Highlights :

>From Wolfowitz to Zoellick: an opportunity lost
The worst crisis faced by the World Bank in over 60 years brought business to 
a halt for over six weeks. What really happened, what unfinished business 
remains, and what lessons have been learned?
<http://brettonwoodsproject.org/wolfowitz56>

Just say no: Vocal rejection of Bank, Fund increasing
Member countries are increasingly rebuffing World Bank and IMF programmes, 
advice and even membership, with Latin American nations withdrawing from the 
Bank's investment arbitration mechanism.
<http://brettonwoodsproject.org/sayno56>

Bank and Fund undermining health, education spending
A high powered working group examining the IMF and health spending found that 
the Fund has unduly constrained counties’ policy choices, while other recent 
reports accuse the World Bank and the IMF of undermining quality education. 
Meanwhile, the Bank’s private sector arm has stepped up its support for 
private schooling in Africa.
<http://brettonwoodsproject.org/healthed56>

Defending sexual and reproductive health rights
Grace Karanja of the AMANITARE secretariat in Kenya comments on the battle to 
defend sexual and reproductive health rights in the Bank's new health, 
population and nutrition strategy.
<http://brettonwoodsproject.org/commenthnp56>



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