FINDINGS
RELEASED
SAPRIN
NEWS
WORLD BANK ISSUES & CORRESPONDENCE
RELEASES
SAPRI Report Exposé Is Compulsary Reading, Says Review
26 July 2007
Letter from SAPRIN Global Steering Committee to President Wolfensohn
16 April 2004
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Summary of SAPRI Global Report available in English and Spanish April 2004 |
SAPRIN: No Prescription Needed
World Bank Recognised Concerns over Policies for Southern Nations
Now available from Zed Books! (more information)
SAPRIN'S LETTER TO WORLD BANK VP
A
Multi-Country Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment Based
on Results of the Joint World Bank/Civil Society/Government This report
is available in English and Spanish and may be
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10 May 2002 Describes Damaging
Effects of Policies and Bank's Failure to Respond Following a
multi-year participatory investigation undertaken with the World
Bank and the governments of countries on four continents into the
impact of economic adjustment programs, the Structural Adjustment
Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN) released the
findings of that comprehensive assessment in mid-April at a public
forum held at the European Union in Brussels. Entitled The Policy
Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty, the report constitutes an
elaboration of draft conclusions discussed with the Bank in July
2001. (more) (pdf.version) Global
Citizens' Network Releases Summary of Joint Policy Assessment with World
Bank (Executive Summary)
(Resumen Ejecutivo )
World Bank Stays Destructive Course Realities,
Myths & Options: The Impact of -- and Alternatives to -- World Bank &IMF Economic Policies in the Hemisphere Last-Minute Postponement of Ghana Forum Report on SAPRIN Activities - May -
August 2000 Report on
SAPRIN Activities - December 1999 - April 2000
Realities,
Myths & Options: The Impact of -- and Alternatives to -- World Bank
& IMF Economic Policies in the Hemisphere Last-Minute Postponement of Ghana Forum Opening National Fora in Uganda and Hungary Hungary Forum First of Series to Examine World Bank/IMF Policies Around the World Transcript
of meeting between World Bank Senior Management and SAPRIN Letter from SAPRIN Global Steering Committee to President Wolfensohn
Letter from SAPRIN Global Steering Committee to
President Wolfensohn Outstanding Issues Requiring World Bank Action
"Work with us, don’t just criticize, said the World Bank President. But when his joint review with the SAPRIN network showed the failure of Bank-imposed policies, he bailed out, . . . ."
New Internationalist, March 2004
Letter from Members of the SAPRIN Committee
Financial Times, 12 March 2004
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2004
Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report
The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis, Poverty and Inequality
The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN)
24 October 2003
THE
POLICY ROOTS OF
economic
crisis
and poverty
Structural
Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI)
and
the Citizens' Assessment of Structural Adjustment (CASA)
World Bank's
Intransigence on Adjustment
Bank President Requests Meeting Following SAPRIN Forum at EU and Amidst Washington Protests
16 November 2001
Despite Contrary Findings of Joint Initiative
1 August 2001
A Public Forum with Civil Society Leaders from Latin America
Co-hosted by SAPRIN and The Development GAP
18 April 2000
September 1998
Opening National Fora in Uganda and Hungary - July 1998
Hungary Forum First of Series to Examine
World Bank/IMF Policies Around
the World
May 1998
SAPRIN Update - November 1999
SAPRIN Update - March 1999
SAPRIN PRESS RELEASES
Despite Contrary Findings of Joint Initiative
1 August 2001
A Public Forum with Civil Society Leaders from Latin America
Co-hosted by SAPRIN and The Development GAP
18 April 2000
September 1998
July 1998
May 1998
WORLD BANK ISSUES & CORRESPONDENCE
23 July 2002
- Review of Bank's SAPRI commitments and challenge to Bank staff's attempts
to distance the institution from emerging SAPRI findings.
17 April 2001
- Report on the status, progress and achievements of SAPRI.
30 November 2000
December 1997
World Bank Is Party to Damning Investigation of Adjustment Policies From the Ground Up Adjustment Debate Leaves World Bank Behind The Government of Ecuador and the Indigenous Movement Sign Agreement
Protest in Ecuador Escalates - Indigenous Peoples and
Citizens' Groups Call for Repeal of IMF-imposed Structural Adjustment
Policies The
Civil-Society Network Participating in the SAPRI Initiative Addresses the
Government and the Country La Red de la Sociedad
Civil que Participa en la Iniciativa SAPRI al Gobiern y al Pais
Common
Statement of Global Social Movements and Citizens' Organizations on the
IFIs and the Management of the Global Economy Mali's Opening National SAPRI Forum
"Findings from four continents published in a new book highlight the increased poverty and inequality generated by structural adjustment . . . ."
- Third World Network, Third World Resurgence, No. 165/166, May/June 2004
The World Bank turns a blind eye to injustice and protesters take to the streets
- prepared for WorldView Magazine - Summer 2001
- prepared for Social Watch, March 2000
SAPRI Builds Civil Society Alliances to Bring Citizen Influence into Economic Policymaking
- prepared for the special 2000 issue of Development,
the journal of the Society for International Development
I heard the grass(roots) singing
- The New Internationalist, January/February 2000
Citizens' Challenge to Structural Adjustment: a Summary of Civil-Society
Perspectives from the Opening National Fora of SAPRI
- adapted from an article published in Social Watch, February 1999
SAPRI/SAPRIN: Energizing Worldwide Movement
October 1997
Major Latin Economies Behind as SAP Review is Launched (July 1997)
Translation of Publication in the Ecuadoran
Daily EXPRESO
DE GUAYAQUIL
4
February 2001
PUBLICADO
EN EL EXPRESO DE GUAYAQUIL El 4 de Febrero del
2001
Economic Protest and Civil-Society Protest in Ecuador (18 January 2000)
Serious Situation in Ecuador (March 1999)
Statement drafted by SAPRIN, Jubilee South and Social Watch. Global,
regional and national civil-society network
endorsements encouraged.
April 2000
OPENING NATIONAL FORA REPORTS
- 2-3 September 1999
Ecuador's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 14-15 January 1999Ghana's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 10-13 November 1998Bangladesh's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 20-22 October 1998Mexico's Opening National CASA Forum
- 24-25 August 1998El Salvador's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 27-28 August 1998Uganda's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 18-19 June 1998Hungary's Opening National SAPRI Forum
- 6-7 June 1998
UNITED STATES
"From Engagement to Protest":
Public Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
(details
)
18 and 19 April 2002, Washington, DC
EUROPE
"Structural
Adjustment, Economic Crisis and Poverty": Global
Forum on Grassroots Assessments of World Bank Economic Policies
(details
)
15
April 2002, Brussels, Belgium