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All papers authored by Nancy Alexander (CNES) unless otherwise specified: September 2006 - The Social Watch Report 2006, "Impossible Architecture," focuses on finances for development and equity is now available. [READ] Alexander's Chapter: "Decentralization and Sovereignty: How Policy Space is Eroded" [READ] June 2007 — The U.S. – Russian Relationship and the Run-Up to the 2006 Summit [READ] June 2007 — Globalization and International Institutions: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank And the World Trade Organization [READ] May 2006 — "Newly Declassified Framework - Corporations vs Government Sovereignty (The Case of Water)" [READ] April 2006 — "Aid, Growth and IMF Orthodoxy" [READ] April 2006— "The IMF's Role in Trade Reform" [READ] March 2006 — "Ideology of Redistribution and Poverty Reduction: The 2006 Report by the World Bank's Latin America Department " [ ENG] [ESP] February 2006 — "The Future of the IMF and World Bank" [ENG] [ESP] December 2005 — "The Ideological Economics of Commodity Production" [READ] August 2005 — "World Bank's Poverty Support Reduction Credit (PRSC): Continuity or Change? Angela Wood [READ] October 2005 — "The Role of the IMF, World Bank, and the WTO in Liberalization and Privatization of the Water Services Sector"[READ] [ESP] October 2005 — "The Value of Aid: A Critical Analysis of the UN Millennium Project's Approach to the MDGs" [READ] October 2005 — "Does the IMF need more resources? " Ariel Buira (G-24 Secretariat) [READ] May 2005 — "Ethiopia's Commercial Environment and IMF-World Bank Policy Conditionality 1999-2004" [READ] September 2004— "Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries: Policy and Research Implications" Nancy Alexander and Nikhil Kappagoda [READ] More Featured CNES papers [READ] Check out our Cartoon & Graphics [READ]
CNES Project Newsletters: The World Bank/IMF: Eight Years of History (1995-2003) — "News & Notices for IMF and World Bank Watchers" Archive [MENU]
Research on Essential Services	International Financial Insitutions	International Trade
May 2004 — “Paths to Justice: Realizing the Right to Water and Other Essential Services” [READ] [PRINT]	2005— "The Roles of IFIs Decentralization and Service Delivery" Nancy Alexander (CNES)[READ] [PRINT]	How GATS jeopardizes essential services. Nancy Alexander and Tim Kessler [READ]
January 2004 — "The Pros and Cons of Private Provision of Water and Electricity Service: A Handbook for Evaluating Rationales," CNES, [READ] [PRINT] [PDF: 22 Pages, 354K]	2005 — "Paying for Education" in Peabody Journal of Education, Nancy Alexander, CNES [READ]	November 2005 — "Navigating between the Poles: Unpacking te Debate on the Implications for Development of GATS Obligations relating to Health and Education Services" J. Anthony Vanduzer [READ]
December 2003 — "The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in an Unaccountable Global Order" [READ] [PRINT]	May 2004 — "Are Multilateral Creditors Putting Peruvians At Risk?" Nancy Alexander, CNES [READ] [PRINT]	May 2005 — WTO GATS Negotiation: Memorandum to State Points of Contact and Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee (IGPAC) from Assistant US Trade Representative Padilla [READ]
August 2003 — "Financing and Provision of Basic Infrastructure: Synthesis of Water and Electricity Service Case Studies" presented at the Civil Society Consultation at the 2003 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, Brunei, 22-24 July 2003 [READ] [PRINT]	April 2004: Judge and Jury: The World Bank's Scorecard for Borrowing Governments [READ] [PRINT]	January 2005 — Letter to the US Trade Representative Ambassador Zoellick from California State Legislators concerning impact of Free Trade Agreements on health care services [READ]

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CNES	Citizens' Network on Essential Services
GCI	Globalization Challenge Initiative (previous name of Citizens' Network on Essential Services)
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