21 January 2007
BIC to host sessions on the African Development Bank and World Bank in Africa
The 7th edition of the World Social Forum brings the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe and all corners of the African continent converge in Nairobi, Kenya for five days of cultural resistance and celebration. Panels, workshops, symposia, processions, film nights and much more. January 20-25.
Events related to the international financial institutions include
January 21: IMF Shrink It or Sink It Campaign: An Introduction (50 Years is Enough); The World Bank in Africa (BIC); Cut Funding to the World Bank (Kenya Debt Relief Network);
January 22: Impact of IMF & World Bank on Livelihoods (Action Aid International); Impacts of Asian Development Bank-funded projects on small scale farmers (Advancing Public Interest Trust); the African Development Bank and the “Big Infrastructure” Agenda in Africa (BIC); The World Bank, a never-ending coup d’etat (Comite pour l’Annulation de la Dette du Tiers Monde); The IFIs and the environment (Jubilee South); Where next on the IMF? (Kenya Debt Relief Network)
January 23: Impact of IFIs on Education Rights (Action Aid International); Workshops and Skillshare on European Investment Bank in Africa (Friends of the Earth International); How to redesign the international financial architecture (Social Watch)
January 24: Towards a global movement for the reform of international institutions (Ubuntu – World Forum of Civil Society Networks)