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A security guard walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters on April 12, 2024, in Washington, DC, ahead of the IMF/World Bank 2024 Spring Meetings.

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The bank must adopt a new model to alleviate extreme poverty

David Miliband 02 May 2024

The IMF and Morocco: A 65-year-old story

Marrakech is hosting the annual meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions in October. This is after being unable to convene in Morocco in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mohamed Sharki 09 October 2023

The venue choice is a nod to Morocco's impressive economic development and influential role as an Arab, African and Mediterranean country of growing strategic importance.

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IMF and World Bank policies are outdated and need to be reformed. They have only caused more misery and credit addiction in borrowing countries. Al Majalla explains.

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IMF and World Bank need reform to confront today's challenges

IMF and World Bank policies are outdated and need to be reformed. They have only caused more misery and credit addiction in borrowing countries. Al Majalla explains.

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This file photo taken on September 24, 2020, shows the Brega oil port in Masra Brega, some 270Km west of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. (Photo by AFP)

Libya Struggles with Self-Made Oil Crisis

In mid-April, the MENA growth forecast of the World Bank anticipated that the economies of Arab oil exporter countries “are expected to grow by 5.2% in 2022, the fastest rate since 2016, on the back…

Dalia Ziada 29 April 2022

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The photo accompanying this text reflects the times when Tunisia, strong in its achievements and its financial reputation, held the vice presidency of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World…

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Are the Bretton Woods Institutions Apolitical or a Mere Tool of Imperialism?

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are intergovernmental institutions founded in 1944 which greatly influence world development and financial order. They are also known as the…

Saif Al Abri 19 December 2021

A person scans a QR code at a bitcoin ATM on June 16, 2021 in Chiltuipan, El Salvador. Playa El Zonte has been named as the Bitcoin capital, around 500 families promote the use of the cryptocurrency to help the economy of a place with poverty issues. (Getty)

Bitcoin from Terrorism to El Salvador

World Bank has rejected El Salvador’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, noting that it would have dire economic consequences. It refused to provide any kind of assistance for the country’s…

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A picture taken on December 16, 2020 shows newly constructed towers in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital and main financial hub. (Getty)

MENA Countries Must Diversify Income to Address Deficit

The World Bank has recently warned that economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are suffering a sudden accumulation of public debt owing to challenges caused by the coronavirus …

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