* Strauss-Kahn proposes “Green Fund” to help finance shift to low-carbon world
* Says IMF to release proposals in a few weeks
* Fund could be created partly through issuance of IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)

Antonia Juhasc launches a book on the history of the World Bank and IMF at Cody's bookshop in San Francisco.

Journalist and author Naomi Klein addressing the crisis in Haiti: “We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy—which is part natural, part unnatural—must, under no circumstances, be used to, 1, further indebt Haiti and, 2, push through unpopular policies in the interest of our corporations. This is not conspiracy theory. They have done it again and again.”

The Real News - Raj Patel: International trade rules have ravaged Haiti's domestic food production

Children's geography project that explains about the debt crisis ...

This event on the IMF's role during the global financial crisis featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR, James Roaf of the IMF, Public Citizen's new president, Robert Weissman, Asia Russell, the director of Health GAP, and Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director of the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition.

This panel discussion, which featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director at Center for Economic and Policy Research; Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department at the IMF; Doug Rediker, Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation; and Robert Weismann, Director of Essential Action, looked at the economic issues involved in current IMF l

On Al Jazeera Vandana Shiva accuses the World Bank and IMF of being the architects of the food crisis and gives some advice how to cope.  http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D1347B14-5364-45C5-8C46-950C65418...

The World Bank Campaign Europe and The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal held a Public Hearing on the World Bank in October: 'WORLD vs. BANK'. This video presents the voices and faces of people who witnessed the impact of World Bank policies and practices around the world. Their testimonies reveal what happens to people and the environment as a result of 1.

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