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When the world challenged The Bank

December 23, 2014 by The Rules 1 Comment

“For anyone to truly shake things up, they would need to alter the logic of the system itself. They would need to change its pattern.” The One Party Planet The good news is that patterns are changing. It is people like you and me who are changing them.

Activists in Nairobi graphiti a wall with a message for the World Bank

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Nairobi activists leave a message for World Bank

October 31, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

On October 10, 12 countries across the world stepped out to give a message to Bank that the World wanted to it to trash its rankings. The message reached over a million people on social media and was covered by news media online as well.

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Landgrabbing in Reverse at The World Bank in London

October 21, 2014 by Laura Reeves No Comments

The land grabbing facilitated by the World Bank in the global south inspired us to try some land grabbing of our own here in London. So on the morning of October 10th, a group of actors, poets, academics and activists descended to Milbank Tower, the World Bank HQ in London...

Outside The World Bank in Washingron, DC to protest against the Doing Business Rankings

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#WorldvsBank: protest against the World Bank’s Doing Business Rankings.

October 15, 2014 by Swati No Comments

On October 10, the World Bank met for its Annual General Meeting in Washington DC. We were right outside, not just in DC, but all over the world, condemning and demanding the end of the World Bank’s doing business rankings.

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Why buying lottery tickets won’t make us rich

August 20, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

Poverty and inequality are creations of an unjust economy. Here, the rules are rigged to favour those who are already wealthy.

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The hidden hands behind East-West tug of war in Ukraine

August 8, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

News from Brussels on July 28 and from Washington on July 29 that both the EU and US are stepping up sanctions on Russia have been met with a general “it’s about time” from the world.

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World Bank Turns Its Back on Rights Protections for the Poor

July 31, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

Civil society organisations around the world are decrying a leaked draft of the World Bank’s proposed new policies to avoid harmful impacts from the development projects that it finances.

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The World Bank and the IMF Open up Ukraine to Western Interests

July 28, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

A new report from the Oakland Institute, Walking on the West Side: the World Bank and the IMF in the Ukraine Conflict, exposes how the international financial institutions swooped in on the heels of the political upheaval and are vying to deregulate and throw open Ukraine’s vast agricultural sector to...

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