Eyes on International Financial Institutions (IFIs)
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An opportunity or a threat? - The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal
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A documentary reflecting joint campaign against a canal connecting the Danube, Oder and Elbe rivers, a dream project which seeks financing from the European Union |
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| » Czech Republic | 2006 | 0:10:00 mins | full details... | |
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Argentina's Economic Recovery: Four Years After the Meltdown - featuring CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot and former IMF Research Director Michael Mussa, November 30
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On the fourth anniversary of Argentina's default on its public debt, CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot and Institute for International Economics senior fellow Michael Mussa discussed Argentina's economic recovery, and its relevance to current debates about economic policy in Latin America. |
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| » United States | 2006 | full details... | |
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Originally written following the post-9/11 bombing of Afghanistan by the USA, and developed to address the occupation of Iraq, the song comments on various aspects of the American empire - its stockpile of nuclear bombs, the World Bank and IMF, cozy relations with fanatical and dictatorial regimes, and in fact, the very notion of American peace and liberty. |
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| » India | 2005 | 0:04:00 mins | full details... | |
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Since the debt crisis began in the 1970s, many 'developing countries' have had to agree to new loan conditions imposed on them by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These conditions, of benefit to many western commercial interests, often prevent national governments from implementing their own key economic, development and environmental policies. |
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| » 2005 | 0:12:00 mins | full details... | |
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Oil companies or agribusiness companies have used the World Bank and WTO to break into emerging markets. 'Less developed countries' have been seduced by inflated loans and ended up having to liberalize their economies. Corporations help politicians to get elected by funding their campaigns and when elected use their influence to push through favorable legislation. As the major private drivers of global economic activity, their profit-driven power goes largely unchecked. |
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| » 2005 | 0:10:00 mins | full details... | |
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An interview with the author of 'confessions of an economic hitman' about the nature of the US empire, unpayable debt and economic consultants' 'advice' to 'developing' countries.... |
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| » United Kingdom | 2005 | 0:27:00 mins | full details... | |
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Superbank - The Movie
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The Three Golden Rules Superbank reads about the three golden rules in his book "Introduction to Market Fundamentalism for Beginners". Together these make up a recipe for growth and development in poor countries, designed to combat poverty. This animated online film is part of a bilingual site featuring a lot of useful information. |
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| » Norway | 2005 | 0:05:00 mins | full details... | |
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Asume Osuoka works with Oilwatch/Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. He is speaking here about the destructive history of oil companies in the Niger Delta and vicinity, during a Friends of the Earth International Speaker Tour about the IFIs and extractives. |
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| » United Kingdom | 2005 | 0:05:00 mins | full details... | |
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Mario Lopez Godinez of CEIBA/Friends of the Earth Guatemala speaks about the mine being developed by the Canadian company Glamis Gold in Guatemala with World Bank support, the risks the mine poses to the Guatemalan environment and indigenous people and the repression that is used to force it through. |
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| » United Kingdom | 2005 | 0:05:00 mins | full details... | |
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Theo Anderson of Friends of the Earth Ghana speaks about the pipeline due to carry gas from Nigeria to Ghana, with support from the European Investment Bank, and the problems that it will cause in the region. |
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| » United Kingdom | 2005 | 0:05:00 mins | full details... | |