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'Two bad options': Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand

2026-10-17T02:05:26.000Z

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Finance ministers, central bank governors and other top policymakers gathered this week in the Thai capital for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, as decision-makers tackle an inflation crisis fuelled by the US war on Iran and other economic shocks.

The World Bank Group Headquarters sign — in Washington, D.C. Note: the U.N. World Bank is an organization under/within the United Nations World Bank Group
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2026-10-17T02:05:26.000Z
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Places: United States, Iran, Ukraine, Pakistan

Institutions: IMF, World Bank, United Nations

Topics: IMF, World Bank, United Nations, Conflict, Protests, Climate, Artificial intelligence, Welfare, Federalism

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