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ArchiveOctober 1 2001

Globalisation is not a win-win equation

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After the terrorist attacks on the US and the subsequent postponement of the IMF's annual meeting in Washington, anti-globalisation campaigners have suspended their protests but will not be giving up their cause. Suzanne Miller reports on growing criticism of the World Bank and the IMF.

As the world struggles to absorb the enormity of the terrorist attacks on the US and the broader ramifications, a pall has fallen over those heatedly involved in the globalisation debate. By all accounts, this month was going to be a clamorous culmination of anti-globalisation protesters facing off with those who utter the globalisation mantra - the World Bank and IMF. Now that the two institutions have cancelled this month's annual meeting in light of the intense security risks, the question arises: will the scope of current events impact on the parameters of the broader debate?

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