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Protests over Globalization Move from Seattle to the Meetings of the World Bank/IMF in Washington

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2009

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It is a great pleasure to be with you here today and to take part in this timely discussion of globalization and the role of the international financial institutions. As you know, we and our neighbours across 19th Street have a lively few days ahead as ministers gather for our spring meetings. At a press conference last week, one journalist suggested that we might need to airlift participants into the building by helicopter.

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Economics
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Foreign Policy Bulletin , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , May 2000 , pp. 114 - 126
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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References

1. Text from the International Monetary Fund [www.imf.org].

2. Text from the World Bank [www.worldbank.org.].

3. www.50years.org./platform.html

4. Text from the BBC [www.bbc.co.uk].

5. Text from the International Monetary Fund [www.imf.org].