JUNE 2000· VOLUME 21 · NUMBER 6


WORLD BANK: REAPING A GRIM HARVEST

 
World Bank: Reaping A
Grim Harvest

FEATURE

The World Bank's
Revolving Door
Share Program Exchanges
World Bank and Corporate Employees

Charlie Cray


Warning: World Bank
Policies Destroy Forests
Internal Report Documents Bank
Contribution to Deforestation
Korinna Horta

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover photo: The World Bank as Grim Reaper. Joan Norman of Save the Redwoods, Boycott the GAP campaign made the banner, which was displayed during the April 16 protests in Washington, D.C. against the World Bank and IMF.
Photo by Hal Sutton.

 
DEPARTMENTS

Behind the Lines

Editorial
Close Down the Masters of Reinvention:
The Case for a World Bank Shut Down

 
The Front
Radiation: Children at Risk

Interviews
The Fight for Water and Democracy
An Interview with Oscar Olivera

Damming Laos,
Damning the Poor

An Interview with Witoon Permpongsacharoen

Unhealthy Policies from
the World Bank

An Interview with Dr. Vineeta Gupta

Labor
Death by Overwork
Corporate Pressure on Employees
Takes a Fatal Toll in Japan

Darius Mehri


The Lawrence Summers Memorial Award

Names in the News

Resources