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Reining in the World Bank
September 26, 2001
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Grassroots groups around the world have been challenging World Bank policies for decades. On this program, we take a look at some World Bank projects and communities affected by them. We also look at ways U.S.-based movements have helped to restrict the World Bank's power.
Featuring:
Robert Weissman, Essential Action; Carol Welch, Friends of the Earth; Moina Varkie, MIGA manager of marketing and external relations; Gerald West, MIGA director of policy and evaluation; Soren Ambrose, Fifty Years is Enough; Salih Booker, executive director for Africa Action; Theodore Ahlers, Operations Director in the Africa Region Vice President's office of the World Bank; Jonah Gokova, Zimbabwe Debt and Development Coalition; Joanne Carter, legislative director for RESULTS; Robert Naiman, Center for Economic Policy.
For more information:
Fifty Years is Enough
3628 12th St., N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
202-IMF-BANK (202-463-2265);
fax: 202-636-4238; 50years@50years.org
www.50years.org
World Bank
Room #J 8-129
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
202-473-8438;
fax: 202-473-5139
Africa Action
110 Maryland Ave. NE, #508
Washington, DC 20002
202-546-7961;
fax: 202-546-1545; apic@igc.org
www.africapolicy.org
RESULTS
440 1st St. NW, Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20001
202-783-7100;
fax: 202-783-2818
www.resultsusa.org
Zimbabwe Debt and Development Coalition
ess@mango.zw
Center for Economic Policy
1015 18th St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
202-293-5380;
fax: 202-822-1199; cepr@cepr.net
www.cepr.net
Essential Action
202-387-8030
www.essentialaction.org
Friends of the Earth
1025 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
877-843-8687 or 202-783-7400;
fax: 202-783-0444; foe@foe.org
www.foe.org
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
202-473-2060
For more information, download the PDF file of the Friends of the Earth report on MIGA