South Africa to push for WBank, IMF reforms as G20 chair
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South Africa will push for the revamp of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund when it takes the helm of the G20 bloc next year, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Unions and government officials are meeting in South Africa on Friday in an attempt to thrash out a pay deal to avert a new wave of strikes next week.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki will leave Sunday for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he will focus on tackling climate change, the foreign ministry said.
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ABIDJAN  - Visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki appeared to have made some headway in his peace mediation in the Ivory Coast, securing a government pledge to amend a contentious constitutional provision to open the way for a wider range of
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The leaders of South Africa and India renewed their commitment on Monday to push for expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include more developing nations from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Finance chiefs from the biggest developing economies on Saturday pushed the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations for a seat at the high table of global economic policy making.
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Sanctions and pledge to press for further UN action  timed to pre-empt next week's G8 summit.
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BERLIN, May 24  (IPS) - With two weeks to go to this year's summit of  heads of state and government of the world's eight most  industrialised countries (G8), respect for demonstrators'  rights and the fulfilment of the group's economic aid  promises for Africa are at the heart of the preparations.
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Robert Zoellick, U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to head the World Bank, will travel to Africa, Europe and Latin America to lobby for the job starting on Monday, and said he wants to hear directly from governments about their development priorities.
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The new head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday signaled the lender would take a larger role in speaking out about policies in the world&#39;s richest nations if they pose global economic risks.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will try to push poverty reduction back onto the G8 agenda, warning it will take &amp;quot;hard work for years to come&amp;quot; to tackle extreme poverty in Africa.
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Jacob Zuma, the newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Sunday that he would look at inflation targeting, a key monetary policy tool used by the Central Bank to reign in inflation.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed if it is to catch up with the rest of the world.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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South Africa urged the United States on Saturday to abide by an agreement of the Group of 20 economic powers for an open and transparent appointment of the new head of the World Bank.
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Global finance chiefs on Saturday  made progress on reforms that would give emerging economies a  greater say in the International Monetary Fund and expressed  confidence they could seal a deal next year.