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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com

Today we continue telling about
a report by three geography
experts from American colleges. They studied food security
in Gambia, Ivory Coast and
Mali over thirty years.
In the nineteen eighties, governments and lenders
like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
changed market policies.

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

On 25 February 2010, the EIB invited Brussels-based civil society organisations (CSOs) to its Annual Briefing on the Bank's 2009 results and its prospects for 2010. EIB's Vice-President Philippe de Fontaine Vive, responsible for the Bank's relations with civil society organisations, chaired the briefing, which was held on the same day as the Bank's Annual News Conference.

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).

Early AM on April 24, anti-IMF/World Bank protesters stormed a hotel housing delegates to the IMF Spring Meetings.

Footage edited only for framerate, color balance, audio EQ, and to attach two whole clips together. Shot while zoomed from a VERY cheap camera.

Video from the Run on the Bank, the first event of the Anticapitalathon Games, cooinciding with theIMF and World Bank Spring Meetings for 2010.

April 23, 2010

Riot police in Athens fired tear gas to dispel a group of protesting youths throwing stones and sticks at police following an anti-IMF demonstration. Jon Decker reports.

With the outbreak of the global economic crisis, the reaction from international institutions were varied. The G20 in particular was elevated to the leaders level to develop a collective policy response. In this video, international affairs experts are asked to explain how and why the crisis has acted as a catalyst for reform of the international economic order.