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In Buenos Aires in December 2001, protestors declared the government to be a thief and demanded their money – some of them were wearing masks with the face of then President Fernando de la Rúa.

Economic history

Always returning to square one

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by Jorge Saborido
Tanks on the streets of Harare on 1 August.

Governance

Unconvincing rebranding efforts

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

The dangerous downward spiral of Turkey’s economy

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by Hans Dembowski
Protests in Argentina against the government’s recent loan application to the IMF.

Debt restructuring

Alternative structural adjustment

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by Jürgen Kaiser
Successful poverty-reduction programmes have reduced inequality in Bolivia.

Economic policy

Interfering in national sovereignty

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by Jürgen Kaiser
Africa must prepare for flooding: a flood-destroyed bridge in Mozambique in 2015.

Development strategy

Multiple adjustment needs

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by Jürgen Zattler
New industry: team leader and operator in a Senegalese call centre in 2004.

Fighting poverty

Successful debt relief

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by Jürgen Zattler
Exporting industries need infrastructure: container port in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.

International financial institutions

More efficient multilateralism

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by Jürgen Zattler
Protests in May in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against President Mauricio Macri's decision to seek economic help from the International Monetary Fund.

Our view

This time, they must get it right

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by Hans Dembowski
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