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Describes a proposed instrument for the new international monetary architecture: the New Bancor, a
non-national indexed IMF issued world currency.
http://www.centre-jouffroy.com/
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The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
An May 1997 backgrounder by the Heritage Institute's Bryan T. Johnson, which covers much of the
history and criticism of the IMF.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/BG1113.cfm
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Asking the Right Questions About the IMF
The authors of this essay argue that the issue is not so much what the IMF should do, but what
needs to be done and who can best do the job.
http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/ar/1998/ar1998.cfm
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The Insider: What I Learned at the World Economic Crisis
Article by Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, attacking free market dogma
IMF-style - which he says is out of touch with reality.
http://www.brook.edu/views/articles/stiglitz/20000417.htm
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International Financial Institutions Research Site
This site lists research materials on the international financial institutions, and in particular,
the IMF and the World Bank. These lists are titles and publication info of print media, NOT links
to articles themselves.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/IFI
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Breaking the Bank
On April 16th, '00, protestors converged on Washington DC to demand global justice from the World
Bank and IMF. Building on the ties forged at the WTO meeting in Seattle, a coalition of groups is
demanding "global justice." Corporate Watch will be there, bringing you breaking news
from the streets, the teach-ins and the IMF/World Bank meeting. Coverage includes: Breaking
headlines, impacts of policies, background, and fact sheets.
http://www.corpwatch.org/globalization/bretton/index.html
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IMF's Four Steps to Damnation
Short article based on interview with Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank,
now an outspoken critic of World Bank-style globalisation.
http://www.zmag.org/ParEcon/palastimf.htm
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IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies
The IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies have led to a spiraling race to the bottom
for the developing countries that have followed their prescriptions, which require cutbacks on
health, education and so on. Poverty as a result has soared.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/SAP.asp
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Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the IMF
The New Eagle offers a list of potential problems.
http://www.geocities.com/walrus95482/eagle2.html
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Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund: Facts, policies, research and perspectives on the IMF. An impressive
site dedicated to examining the IMF and policies concerning it, containing articles both supporting
and attacking the organization and its roles.
http://www.imfsite.org/default.htm
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IMF Bailout | Globalization & Corporate Rule | Bretton
David Felix, Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, writing for Corporate Watch,
says that the IMF has overstepped its original goals and become the opposite of what it's supposed
to be.
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/globalization/bretton/bret1.html
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United States - Capitalism's Controversial Clean-Up Crew
An article examining the IMF's pros and cons, including some history and perspective.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/01/15/us/us.5.html
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Debt And Dependency Are The IMF Legacy
Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute says that the IMF has failed to promote self-sustaining economic
growth anywhere in the world. Instead, it has left debt and dependency in its wake.
http://www.cato.org/dailys/4-23-98.html
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IMF, Capital, and Us: The Economics of Imperialism
Is the IMF just a tool of the MultiNational Corporation?
http://www.igc.org/trac/feature/india/globalization/sanskriti.html
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