News from the Bretton Woods Project

*NOTICE* the Bretton Woods Project has just released the latest edition of the Bretton Woods Update (No.66 June/July 2008). To read our latest analysis of news related to the IFIs see: http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/update/66/index.shtml

News stories we added in the previous seven days:

World Bank volte-face on finance and development?
http://political-finance.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-bank-volte-face-on-finance-and.html
Political Finance, 15 July 2009

Latvia PM says talks with IMF tough
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8608441
Reuters, 15 July 2009

Latvia to cut government staff drastically to meet IMF conditions
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/14/ap6651811.html
Associated Press, 14 July 2009

China airs views on monetary reform but no big stir at G8 summit
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5691G520090710?sp=true
Reuters, 10 July 2009

IMF rules the roost in Pakistan
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/10-Jul-2009/IMF-rules-the-roost
The Nation, 10 July 2009

US Congress overwhelmingly rejects watering down their authority over IFI policy
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-overwhelming-rebukes-obama-signing-statement-2009-07-09.html
The Hill, 9 July 2009