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Experts Debate Economic Policies that Work for Health and Education
The uncertainties created by the global financial crisis highlight the need to consider new approaches to economic policy. On December 10 -- International Human Rights Day -- more than 100 people attended an event organized by ActionAid USA to discuss economic policies that support health and education services in developing countries.
Tell Congress: No Gold Sales for IMF without Major Policy Changes to Support Health and Education
The US Congress must decide whether to allow the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to sell some of its gold reserves to fund its administrative expenses. Add your voice to the hundreds of ActionAid’s civil society partners around the world who are insisting that there be no such deal unless the IMF makes major changes in its lending advice to developing countries.
ActionAid Leads Economic Literacy Training on IMF in Seattle
ActionAid offers activists, social movements and civil society organizations the opportunity to learn about how International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending conditions restrict the ability of developing countries to hire the teachers and healthcare workers they need. In June, ActionAid’s Rick Rowden led a training session in Seattle for over 80 health care professionals and activists to help them to demand changes in those policies.
Macroeconomic Literacy Training
ActionAid offers activists, social movements and civil society organizations the opportunity to learn about how International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending conditions restrict the ability of developing countries to hire the teachers and healthcare workers they need.
Voices from the South Raise Decibel Levels on IMF Policy: Three African Women Visit Capitol Hill to Share Their Story
Jam-packed classrooms with 160 students and one teacher. Communities without a single doctor or clinic for hundred of miles. While it may be hard to imagine for some, or merely represent staggering statistics for others, this is the daily reality for persons in dozens of African nations. ActionAid is bringing these realities to the US Congress and calling for changes to International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies.
More Doctors, Nurses, Teachers Hired in Developing Countries
Overly restrictive fiscal and monetary policies in International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programs limit the ability of developing countries to spend more on doctors, nurses and teachers. Send a message to your congressperson to change these harmful and restrictive policies.
