IMF

International Monetary Fund
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMF

Established in 1944 at the Bretton Woods meeting, along with the World Bank Group. Tasked with maintaining stability of exchange rates in the global economy and promoting trade through general budget support and economic policy advice (often 'structural adjustment') to member countries. Based in Washington.

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¿Qué pretende Usted de mí? Mensaje de la Argentina al Fondo Monetario Internacional.

Recontextualizando las famosas frases de la película "Carne" de Armando Bo, Isabel Sarli - mítica estrella del cine argentino y símbolo sexual del siglo XX - protagoniza un nuevo vídeo dirigido por el artista uruguayo Martín Sastre como un mensaje de Argentina al FMI.

Date of Production: 
Nov 2010
Author: 
rss@youtube.com (sastremania)
Length: 
1min.
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Author: Kweldulfur
Keywords: Iceland-Icesave
Added: February 11, 2010

Date of Production: 
Feb 2010
Author: 
rss@youtube.com (Kweldulfur)
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The destruction of Haiti before the destrution.

Washington, Aristide, and the issue of the sale of state-owned enterprises
The events after early 1994 were discussed by Naomi Klein and Aristide in 2005. After that discussion, and after research assistance by Aaron Maté, the following words of Klein were published by The Nation and Now magazine:

Date of Production: 
Feb 2010
Author: 
Baracka Productions.
Length: 
3min.
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Bill Nighy appears in a video backing a Robin Hood tax on banks to raise billions of pounds to fight poverty and climate change.

Date of Production: 
Feb 2010
Author: 
Robin Hood
Length: 
3min.
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Idris Elbai has joined the Oxfam campaign calling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to drop Haiti's Debt.

Date of Production: 
Feb 2010
Author: 
Oxfam Great Britain
Length: 
1min.
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* Strauss-Kahn proposes “Green Fund” to help finance shift to low-carbon world
* Says IMF to release proposals in a few weeks
* Fund could be created partly through issuance of IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)

Date of Production: 
Jan 2010
Length: 
87min.
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Antonia Juhasc launches a book on the history of the World Bank and IMF at Cody's bookshop in San Francisco.

Date of Production: 
Jan 2010
Author: 
ericbs5247
Length: 
8min.
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10,000 Bodies Buried Daily in Quake Aftermath; Medical Group Faults US Militarization of Haitian Relief;
IMF Drops Conditions on $100M Haiti Loan...

Date of Production: 
Jan 2010
Author: 
Democracy Now
Length: 
10min.
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Conducted some road side interviews from the people of different Strata, just to have an idea what do they think about the aid and loan we get from US and IMF.

Part of our final project presentation
Comments and Queries would be really appreciated.

-Tech Assistance: Abdur Rehman
-Cameraman: Usman Qamar
-Producer: Fatema and Naureen
-Anchor, Editor, Director: Murtaza

Date of Production: 
Jan 2010
Author: 
Murtazazu
Length: 
5min.
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The beginning of CEPR, Social Security, the stock bubble, initial expectations for CEPR, the media, IMF, OECD, Europe.

Date of Production: 
Jan 2010
Author: 
CEPR
Length: 
20min.
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