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Opinion: How years of IMF prescriptions have hurt West African health systems

22 Feb 2017

International Monetary Fund policies can have a real impact on people – and don’t always yield positive results. Writing for The Conversation, Thomas...

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Sierra Leonean Junior Doctor, Marina Kamara, follows up on a suspected kidney infection.

IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds

11 Jan 2017

Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and...

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Russian President Medvedev meets with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund

Study finds little change in the IMF’s policy advice, despite rhetoric of reform

24 May 2016

Researchers describe IMF as having an “escalating commitment to hypocrisy”, as study reveals that strict lending conditions have returned to pre-...

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