A 2006 UNDP report that I supervised on Zambian macro policies demonstrated how IMF & WB conditionalities restricted the health ministry from coping with AIDS. I give the link below.
http://jweeks.org/2006%20Zambia%20Country%20Study.pdf
In a 2007 journal article I document how WB-demand closures to hospitals and rural medical centers led to a rise in disease and a fall in life expectancy in Moldova.
http://jweeks.org/2011%20Moldova.pdf
In neither case did the IMF or WB feel inclined to comment or respond.
John Weeks
Professor Emeritus of the School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
http://jweeks.org/2006%20Zambia%20Country%20Study.pdf
In a 2007 journal article I document how WB-demand closures to hospitals and rural medical centers led to a rise in disease and a fall in life expectancy in Moldova.
http://jweeks.org/2011%20Moldova.pdf
In neither case did the IMF or WB feel inclined to comment or respond.
John Weeks
Professor Emeritus of the School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
