On Saturday 10th April 2010, protesters sent a message to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who was giving a speech at the inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) conference in Kings College, Cambridge.

The World Bank has now approved a controversial $3.75 billon loan to South Africa to help build a new coal-fired power plant in that country. The proposed Medupi Power Plant would be a 4,800 MW, super-critical facility located a few hours' drive north of Johannesburg, very close to the coal mines that will provide supply.

Democracy Now report on the contentious approval of the Eskom loan to South Africa

On April 7, 2009, dozens of activists in Washington DC joined with tens of thousands of concerned people around the world calling on the World Bank to reject the dirty loan, and to prevent catastrophic climate change while dealing ensuring decent lives for the poor of South Africa. Check out http://350.org for more info.

This video, produced by International Accountability Project and Accountability Counsel, shows the struggle of two indigenous Shipibo communities in the Peruvian Amazon, who have suffered from oil contamination and severe health impacts caused by Maple Energy plc, a multinational oil company that has received financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

From April 23 to April 25, DC area activists are staging the Anticapitalathon Games. People are getting in shape and preparing for this epic contest that will coincide with the annual Spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.

There will be a Run on the Bank, anticapitialist baseball and soccer, walking tours of Washington DC,workshops, and an elegant closing ceremony

The film focuses on the lives of the villagers of Barskon, a remote settlement in the west of Kyrgyzstan that, since 1997, has also been home to a controversial gold mine. In 1998, nearly two tons of cyanide spilled from the gold mine operations, poisoning the nearby river and leaving several people dead and hundreds seeking medical treatment.

Maurice Carney on the western corporate backing of Joseph Kabila and the corporate pillaging of the Congolese people's resources.

The IMF/World Bank play a key role in softening up local governments and pave the way for corporate takeovers of African countries.

Ngaire Woods and Leonardo Martinez Diaz present the findings outlined in their new briefing drawing out specific lessons as to how emerging and developing countries might best use the new G20 Leaders group. This event, The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries, was held on the 26th Nov 2009, from 13.00-14.30 at ODI's offices in London.

VOA's Paul Ndiho reports on the controversy over the World Bank funds for projects in South Sudan.