Africans query World Bank, IMF governance mantra
Breton Woods Project / 2001

A week-long "listening tour" brought World Bank President James Wolfensohn and IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler to Mali and Tanzania to meet 22 African leaders in February. Others like the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme questioned who the leaders came to listen to, and what they expected to hear from Heads of State who are financially dependent on their institutions.