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Name: Lord Malloch-Brown
Occupation: Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN
Country: UK
Total Questions: 13
Total Answers: 0

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PatNInterupt is asking Lord Malloch-Brown: "When the IMF and World Bank are looked at in the context of their original unstated objective (i.e. they were established by the US at Bretton Woods as institutions designed to perpetuate the US's "position..." Show more »"When the IMF and World Bank are looked at in the context of their original unstated objective (i.e. they were established by the US at Bretton Woods as institutions designed to perpetuate the US's "position of disparity" by creating impoverished client states in the third world) demonstrably these institutions continue to be some of the more successful examples of state intervention in modern history, no? Surely, therefore, the only sensible starting point of any discussion about changing the global financial and political architecture (assuming, wrongly possibly, that we mean for the general betterment of all?) is the replacement of the US dollar as the world's only monetary anchor?" Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: World Affairs | Email to friends | Feb 10 2009 7:49:42 AM

LondonTowner is asking Lord Malloch-Brown: "The UN Milenium goals were slipping awaywell before this crisis- is now the time to reassess what we can achieve? Or is this an opportunity nto radically restructure how we set about development and ..." Show more »"The UN Milenium goals were slipping awaywell before this crisis- is now the time to reassess what we can achieve? Or is this an opportunity nto radically restructure how we set about development and poverty relief?" Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: World Affairs | Email to friends | Feb 09 2009 7:17:05 PM

Sadbog74 is asking Lord Malloch-Brown: "Its fantastic that institutions like the IMF and World Bank are getting the spotlight and closely examined. The IMF and World bank are not democratic. They are run by right wing Americans who follow..." Show more »"Its fantastic that institutions like the IMF and World Bank are getting the spotlight and closely examined. The IMF and World bank are not democratic. They are run by right wing Americans who follow the free market ideology. The IMF is greatly responsible for the current world economic crisis. IN exchange for loans, the IMF forced countries to unnecessarily privatize enterprises and public services (education and healthcare in Africa), deregulate markets, sell off primary resources and make countries open to foreign exploitation. The IMF helped create the Neo-Liberal model of globalization that we have had for the last 30 years. It's this model of globalization that is unsustainable economically, socially and environmentally. It's self destructive. We need a new kind of globalization, governed internationally by democracy and pragmatism, not economic ideology (neo-liberalism). Economic, social and environmental pragmatism can only be achieved through democracy. Im sure the free market theocrats at the IMF won't like the idea of having their institution RADICALLY REFORMED and DEMOCRATIZED, but it has to be done." Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: World Affairs | Email to friends | Feb 08 2009 11:50:12 AM

Sadbog74 is asking Lord Malloch-Brown: "Could a World Green Bank be created, that give loans or grants to countries with green strings attached? Such as a grant on condition that your countries auto industry retools to make hybrid cars, ..." Show more »"Could a World Green Bank be created, that give loans or grants to countries with green strings attached? Such as a grant on condition that your countries auto industry retools to make hybrid cars, as is being done in the America, the UK and the rest of Europe? " Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Environment | Email to friends | Feb 13 2009 10:37:34 AM

aniuska is asking Lord Malloch-Brown: "Mr. Malloch-Brown I'd like to know if you think that decissions that will affect every single living being in this world should be taken by a group of 7 or 20 countries? And if you do..I'd like to know..." Show more »"Mr. Malloch-Brown
I'd like to know if you think that decissions that will affect every single living being in this world should be taken by a group of 7 or 20 countries? And if you do..I'd like to know why you think that. This specifically related to the financial and economic crisis, more accurately the reforms this groups are proposing." Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: World Affairs | Email to friends | Feb 15 2009 8:48:41 PM