[BWP Newswire] 28/04/2010 - The best stories about the World Bank and IMF

A selection of news stories related to the World Bank and IMF, brought to you by the Bretton Woods Project:

Disappointing disconnect between World Bank general capital increase, need for low-carbon development
http://www.favstocks.com/disappointing-disconnect-between-world-bank-general-capital-increase-need-for-low-carbon-development/2710382/
FavStocks, 27 April 2010

Civil society calls on World Bank to reform its energy lending
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51203
IPS, 26 April 2010

Developing nations gain clout at World Bank - depending on your math
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51198
IPS, 26 April 2010

World Bank promotes land grab: think tank report charges that the International Finance Corporation aids corporate control of arable land
http://www.straightgoods.ca/2010/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=452&Cookies=yes
Straight Goods, 26 April 2010

UN official urges more power to developing countries in world financial system
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6962215.html
People's Daily, 25 April 2010

Brazil finance minister: No confidence IMF surveillance ever evenhanded
http://imarketnews.com/node/12338
iMarketNews, 24 April 2010

Argentina says it is better off without IMF advice
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2414517920100424?type=marketsNews
Reuters, 24 April 2010

Making the International Monetary Fund accountable to human rights
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radhika-balakrishnan/making-the-international_b_549976.html
Huffington Post, 23 April 2010

"Radical reform" urged for private-sector development support
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51179
IPS, 23 April 2010

Paying for the crisis: IMF staff reject the FTT (in favour of a financial activities tax)
http://www.eurodad.org/whatsnew/articles.aspx?id=4108
Eurodad, 22 April 2010

Romanian teachers strike over IMF-driven pay cuts
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/04/22/world/international-uk-romania-strike..html?_r=1
New York Times, 22 April 2010

Emerging world urges rich world to tame debt
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/04/22/world/international-uk-g24.html?_r=1
New York Times, 22 April 2010

Would the real IMF please stand up? by Kevin Gallagher
http://blogs.ft.com/economistsforum/2010/04/would-the-real-imf-please-stand-up/ Financial Times, 21 April 2010

World Bank's IFC, Nordea, Calyon and Finnvera complicit in violations of international law
http://www.cedha.org.ar/en/more_information/icj-rules.php
CEDHA, 20 April 2010