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Time is up - IMF and World Bank must end colonial rule, says ActionAid

The time is up for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to continue with perpetuating a colonial rule, says ActionAid as the institutions concluded their Spring meetings in Washington DC

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Revealed: How your favourite EU party scored on critical issues 

As millions of voters prepare for the European Union (EU) parliamentary elections in June

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New research: Blended finance for climate action - Good value for money?

During COP28 the issue of ‘blended finance’ for climate action was a major focus - particularly at the inaugural Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum. This event saw global funds – the Green

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ActionAid responds to the loss of life in Kenya protests: "Every life lost is a wound on the nation’s soul”

“It is outrageous that protesters, mainly young people standing up against an unfair bill that was drafted without adequate public participation

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Kenya's ill-advised tax increases illustrate IMF's failed policies, ActionAid says

The recent protests in Kenya against the Finance Bill (2024) show the shortcomings of the International Monetary Fund’s policy advice in Africa, ActionAid says.

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ActionAid International Uganda Condemns the Arrest of Peaceful Anticorruption Demonstrators

ActionAid International Uganda is dismayed by the highhanded, brutal and unlawful arrest of peaceful and largely youthful anticorruption demonstrators yesterday Tuesday, 23rd July 2024.

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The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is a colonial relic that needs to be overhauled, says ActionAid 

Responding to the recent World Economic Outlook released by the IMF, ActionAid has said there is a need for a broader approach to assess the economic performance of countries.  

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ActionAid calls for the abolition of the IMF and World Bank if there’s no overhaul ahead of the institutions’ annual meetings

Colonial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have no place in the 21st century and unless they are overhauled

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Dear Ministers of Finance - This is how you can transform the financing of Education!

The real power over decisions on the financing of education tends to lie with Ministers of Finance more than Ministers of Education.

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“It is outrageous that the IMF is once again calling for cuts to government wage bills" - ActionAid reacts to the Fiscal Monitor presented by the IMF

Reacting to the Fiscal Monitor presented by the IMF on 23 October 2024, Roos Saalbrink the Global Economic Justice Lead at ActionAid International said: “It is outrageous that the IMF is once again

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