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The war in Afghanistan pushes more
people into poverty.
Politics may decide which get help from the World
Bank
and the IMF |
Will president George W Bush risk the already fragile
reputation of the IMF and World Bank to secure his war aims? On the
face of it, he has already decided that he must. In an address to
Congress on September 20, he declared: "We will direct every
resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of
intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial
influence, and every necessary weapon of war - to the disruption
and to the defeat of the global terror network". Country-wide,
Americans lapped it up - in their homes, in briefly hushed
restaurants and even sports arenas - but it set off deep and sober
reflection in the international financial institutions'
headquarters on H Street and 19th Street in Washington, DC.
The president didn't mention...
