CZECHOSLOVAKIA: BANK HEAD MEETS PROTESTERS
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The President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, has met with protesters from a wide variety of anti-globalisation campaign groups in Prague. The meeting demonstrates the growing influence that the protesters have developed with both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since they first hit the headlines following their protests in Seattle in December 1999. Wolfensohn welcomed the opportunity to discuss poverty matters with the protesters, and said he was pleased that there was a growing awareness around the world about issues of poverty. The protesters argue that both the World Bank and the IMF should be doing more to reduce the levels of poverty worldwide, and although some pressure groups have grown increasingly critical of the violent actions the protesters have taken, there is little doubt that that their actions are forcing the World Bank into a more progressive agenda.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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EUROPE: RECOVERY OF HALF-FINISHED AID SCHEMES
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Almost 2,000 redundant, dormant or half-finished European aid schemes have been uncovered by officials working for Chris Patten, the European Commissioner for external affairs. Officials identified a total of 1,925 spending pledges, for which almost EUR 1.2bn was allocated, highlighting how much aid work started by the EU never gets finished due to political, legal or bureaucratic control problems. In many cases, payments have been stopped due to political changes within the countries concerned, irregularities in the companies contracted to undertake the work or non-governmental organisations carrying out the work.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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Help the madman of Europe
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There will be disastrous consequences if the rest of Europe decides to overlook what is happening in Albania, which has for many years been trapped in a cycle of political and economic crises. Europe must continue to give aid to Albania in a number of different forms, as this is as much in Europe's interests as in Albania's. It is important to realize that instability in Albania presents a danger to the whole of the region.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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