Program Documents
Global
European Conference Addresses Financial Crisis and the IFIs
Voksenaasen Statement
June 2009
The Harmonization of Wildlife Habitat and Human Livelihood Imperatives: Addressing Common Root Cause Through a Participatory, Collaborative and Sustainable Approach
2008
SAPRI Report Exposé Is Compulsary Reading, Says Review
2007
International Parliamentarians' Petition 2005 Annual Report
February 2006
Expansion of the World Bank's Power to Impinge on the Economic Sovereignty of Borrower Nations
Memorandum
2005
World Bank Courts NGOs As Wolfowitz Takes Helm
International Civil-Society Statement
April 2005
World Bank Critics Denounce Civil Society Forum
Press Release
19 April 2005
"Critical Mistakes in the Campaign to Support Debt Reduction"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
27 September 2004
SAPRIN Letter to President of the World Bank
16 April 2004
"Investigation by Civil Society and World Bank Challenges Structural Adjustment Programs: Publication of the SAPRI Report Highlights Bank's Continued Inaction on Policy Findings"
Summary of Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report
April 2004
SAPRIN Letter to the Financial Times
12 March 2004
SAPRIN Letter to Vice President of the World Bank
24 October 2003
"Update: Joint Facilitation Committee Moving Forward to Establish Guidelines for World Bank - CSO Relations"
24 October 2003
"Advisory: Concerns about NGO Grouping Planning to Meet World Bank President End of October Regarding Future CSO - World Bank Relations"
14 October 2003
"SAPRIN Releases Findings of Joint Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment Conducted With World Bank"
10 May 2002
"From Engagement to Protest"
Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
18-19 April 2002
The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty
A multi-country participatory assessment of structural adjustment (SAPRI), edited by The Development GAP for SAPRIN. Published as Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report and Ajuste Estructural: Informe SAPRI
April 2002
"Critics' Attempts at Constructive Dialogue Find World Bank Less Than Engaging"
News release by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
9 November 2001
"From the Ground Up: The World Bank Turns a Blind Eye to Injustice and More Protestors Take to the Streets"
Published in WorldView
Summer 2001
"Stripping Adjustment Policies of Their Poverty-Reduction Clothing: A New Convergence in the Challenge to the Current Global Economic Management"
Published by the United Nations University
June 2001
"IMF/ World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
News release regarding report of the "Meltzer Commission" on the future of the IFIs to the U.S. Congress
8 March 2001
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"World Bank Ignores Own Failures"
"Further Proof of Failure of World Bank"
Letters to the editor of the Financial Times
23 June 2000
4 July 2000
"IMF Ventures into the Poverty-Alleviation Business"
Prepared for NACLA's Report on the Americas
November - December 1999
"Civil Society Perspectives on the IMF and World Bank"
Statement of Doug Hellinger to the International Financial Institutions (Meltzer) Advisory Commission
20 October 1999
"Foreign-Policy Pain"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
6 September 1999
"SAPs Link Sharpens Debt-Relief Debate"
July 1999
"Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment: Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness"
April 1999
The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF
Report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Study Exposes IMF Failures"
News release by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"On the Wrong Track: A Summary Assessment of IMF Interventions in Selected Countries"
Summary report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
December 1998
"Statement of The Development GAP on Proposed Multilateral and G7 Debt-Reduction Plan: Rejection of IMF Policies and Expanded Role in Debtor
Countries"
October 1999
"IMF Increases Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality in Latin America, Reflecting WorldwideImpact"
February 1998
"Presentation to Panel on Poverty, Human Rights And Development, Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
Bank Check Quarterly
News on the international financial institutions from the International Rivers Network and The Development GAP
"Major Latin Economies Left Behind as SAP Review Is Readied for Launch"
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
June 1997
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
June 1997
"Global Citizens' Network Built Around SAP Review"
April 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"Public Pain, Private Gain: Mexico struggles with privatization"
December 1996 - January 1997
"Wolfensohn Accepts NGO Challenge to Re-Examine Adjustment Operations"
September 1996
"Mortgaging Mexico's Future"
May 1996
"Bosnia: Will the Bank Give Peace a Chance?" & "Haitians Seek Control of Their Economy"
February 1996
"At Beijing Conference, Women Target Economic Injustice"
September 1995
"Whither the Bank in the New Era?"
September 1995
"Interview with Carlos Heredia"
May 1995
"Is Argentina Another Mexico? Will It Be the Next Adjustment 'Success' to Blow?"
May 1995
"Money Heads for Haiti's Elite-Controlled Private Sector"
May 1995
"Haiti Gets $40m Credit"
December 1994
"Debunking the Myth"
Article on structural adjustment published in the Africa Report
November - December 1994
"Argentina Coming to a Boil" & "Agrarian Woes in Ecuador"
September 1994
"The Bank is Finally Asking "Why Is Structural Adjustment Not Succeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa?"
September 1993
"Poverty Increases in Costa Rica"
Winter 1992
"The Poverty Facade on H Street"
Spring 1991
"Bank's Poverty Report Whitewashes the Past Decade: Sets stage for more adjustment and suffering in the 90s"
September 1990
"Bridging the Gender Gap"
Published in The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. vol. 26, no. 4
October - December 1994
"Roles that the World Bank and IMF must give up"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
5 August 1994
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994
8 July 1994
11 July 1994
Summary testimony on the "Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs," presented at the International Peoples' Tribunal to Judge the G-7
3-4 July 1993
The Other Side of the Story: The Real Impact of World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs
La Otra Cara de la Moneda: El Verdadero Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural del Banco Mundial y el FMI
Report on the 1992 "International NGO Forum on World Bank and IMF Adjustment Lending"
Review of The Other Side of the Story, "SAPs: Suffering for African People," African Business
1993
"The NGO Challenge: Sapping Adjustment Programs"
Prepared for Impact
September 1991
"Banking on Deception"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 4
July 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"The Art of Poverty: Doug Hellinger reflects on the World Bank's latest preoccupation"
Published in the New Internationalist
December 1990
"Third World Debt Never Shrinks"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
4 December 1989
"The World Bank's Diminishing Credibility"
Published in Dialogue: The Voice of the People in North South Cooperation
July 1988
"The World Bank: Real Change at Last?"
Published in Panoscope, No. 6
May 1988
"The Debt Crisis: Where Does Responsibility Lie?"
Fall 1987
"Solutions to the Debt Problem"
Prepared by Fantu Cheru, Douglas Hellinger and Kelly Yencer for the Debt Crisis Network
December 1984
Americas
HEMISPHERE
Structural Adjustment and the Spreading Crisis in Latin America
A report by The Development GAP in collaboration with Equipo Pueblo (Mexico), CRIES (Nicaragua), CECADE (Costa Rica) and FUNDE (El Salvador)
1995
"Desafió al Model del Ajuste Estructural y el Ambiente Político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades y Mitos, Publicaciones del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades.
1995
"The Oaxaca Initiative: A Framework for Equitable & Sustainable Development in the Americas"
September 1993
"The Enterprise for the Americas Initiative: Description and Update"
October 1992
"Statement before the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs on the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
27 February 1991
"An Analysis of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
16 November 1990
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
"Central Americans Demonstrate against CAFTA"
September 2004
"Centroamericanos protestan contra el CAFTA"
September 2004
"Coalition Denounces Flawed US - Central America Free Trade Agreement"
ART news release
27 May 2004
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed article
7 December 1998
"Think Caribbean"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
12 March 1990
"The Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1989: Background and Summary"
1989
Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1989, H.R.2655
11 July 1989
United States - Caribbean Economic Relations, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
October 1988
Congressional Testimony by Atherton Martin, The Development GAP, on the Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1988
28 July 1988
Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1988 ("Crockett Bill") H.R.4943
29 June 1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen United States-Caribbean Economic Relations"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
February 1988
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Caribbean Views, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
September 1987
"Increased Dialogue Was Key to the Talks"
Barbados Advocate
21 September 1987
"Congressional Study Mission and Symposium on the Caribbean Basin Initiative"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
September 1987
Supporting Central American and Caribbean Development: A Critique of the Caribbean Basin Initiative and an Alternative Legislative Assistance Plan
Prepared by The Development GAP in conjunction with participants at the Working Conference on Caribbean and Central American Development in Kingston, Jamaica.
December 1982-1983
NICARAGUA
"The IMF and Financial-Sector Reform in Nicaragua" Chapter by Oscar Neira published in The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, A report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth.
April 1999
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed
7 December 1998
"Fast Pitch: A Few Friends Gather Around the Mound in Nicaragua"
A report on baseball & structural adjustment in Nicaragua published in WorldView
October 1998
"Foreign Aid Leaves Nicaragua in a Bind"
Letter to The New York Times
12 December 1993
Insider in Nicaragua
By Alan Lupo of The Boston Phoenix
July 1984
"Baseball Diplomacy Is a Game Beginning To Aiding Nicaragua"
Newsday
20 March 1980
Visita de Orioles un Inicio del Deshielo
La Prensa
18 March 1980
Nicaragua Trip was an Education for the Orioles
The Baltimore Sun
18 March 1980
Orioles Win by Losing in Nicaragua
The Washington Post
17 March 1980
Statement by Stephen Hellinger before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on S. 2012
To Amend the Foreign Assistance act of 1961 to Authorize Assistance in Support of Peaceful and Democratic Processes of Development in Central America.
6 December 1979
U.S. Policy Toward the New Nicaragua
The Christian Science Monitor
4 December 1979
A Chance for a New Nicaragua Policy
Newsday
11 September 1979
COSTA RICA
Structural Adjustment in Central America: The Case of Costa Rica;
El Ajuste Estructural en Centroamérica: El Caso de Costa Rica
June 1993
HAITI
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
Article in Bank Check Quarterly, a quarterly report by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
June 1997
Democracy Undermined, Economic Justice Denied: Structural Adjustment and the Aid Juggernaut in Haiti
January 1997
NORTH AMERICA
No Laughter in NAFTA
A report on the consequences of NAFTA two years after implementation
1 January 1996
Nafta Thoughts
A newsletter on the North American Free Trade Agreement, published by The Development GAP in cooperation with the Alliance for Responsible
Trade.
Vol. 4, No. 3
December 1994
Vol. 4, No. 2
August 1994
Vol. 4, No. 1
April 1994
Vol. 3. No. 5
December 1993
Vol. 3, No. 4
October 1993
Vol. 3, No. 2
May 1993
Vol. 3, No. 1
February 1993
Vol. 2, No. 5
December 1992
Vol. 2, No. 4
October 1992
Vol. 2, No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 2, No. 2
April 1992
Vol. 2, No. 1
February 1992
Vol. 1, No. 1
December 1991
Look Before You Leap: What You Should Know About a North American Free Trade Agreement
1991
Mucho Ojo: Lo Que Debes Saber Sobre un Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte
1991
"Not This NAFTA: A Trinational Citizens' Perspective"
By Tony Clarke, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Carlos Heredia
1993
SOUTH AMERICA
A President Comes to Visit and the Chickens Home to Roost in South America
March 2007
"Andean FTA: Threats to Development"
July 2004
BOLIVIA
"The World Bank, the IMF and Illegal Drug Production: The Case of Bolivia"
News release
September 1994
MEXICO
"The Mexican Economy: Six Years Into NAFTA"
21 January 2000
"The Microeconomic Impact of IMF Policies on the Mexican Economy"
Chapter by Alejandro Nadal published in The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, a report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana sobre el rechazo por los gobiernos de Mexico y de las Filipinas de la invitación para participar en un proyecto de evaluación de las políticas de ajuste estructural
2 November 1998
"Profetas Errentes"
Una entrevista con Stephen Hellinger, publicado en La Reforma
19 September 1998
"The Failure of the Mexican Bailout"
April 1998
"Mexican Government Payback Bad News for Mexicans"
15 January 1997
"Mexico's House of Cards"
4 April 1996
The Polarization of Mexican Society: A Grassroots View of World Bank Economic Adjustment Policies
Report by Equipo PUEBLO, published by The Development GAP, for the NGO Working Group on the World Bank
December 1994
La Polarización de la Sociedad Mexicana: Una Visión desde la Base de las Políticas de Ajuste Económico del Banco Mundial
Informe por Equipo PUEBLO, publicado por The Development GAP, para el Grupo de Trabajo de las ONGs sobre el Banco Mundial
December 1994
"Mexico Will Not Collapse"
Interview with Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, on NAFTA
3 September 1993
"Trade Pact Won't Save Mexico's Environment"
Article in The Miami Herald by Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP
5 July 1993
"Statement of Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, before the Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of Representatives"
20 May 1993
UNITED STATES
El Nuevo Traje del Emperador: El Movimiento de Ocupacion de Wall Street Transforma el Discurso Norteamericano
1 December 2011
A President Comes to Visit and the Chickens Home to Roost in South America
8 March 2007
"IMF- World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
8 March 2000
"House Takes Positive Step in Limiting IMF Expansion & Influence"
17 September 1998
"Testimony Regarding Congressional Funding of the International Monetary Fund Presented to the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives"
21 April 1998
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
Bank Check Quarterly, a quarterly report by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
April 1997
"Buchanan Phenomenon: Fertile Ground for Demagogues"
22 February 1996
"Proposal to Reform U.S. Development Assistance"
Prepared by The Development GAP, Friends of the Earth and Oxfam America
1995
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 & 11 July 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
Letter from David Bonior, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
8 December 1993
"Concept Paper on the Development of a Participatory Approach to USAID's Strategic and Program Planning and Implementation"
Prepared for new USAID Administrator Brian Atwood
31 October 1993
"Testimony Submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance on the Nomination of Lawrence Summers"
18 March1993
"Statement on the Appointment of Lawrence Summers"
26 January 1993
"Statement before the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives"
3 June 1992
"Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
16 May 1991
Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives
8 May 1990
"Development Cooperation Act of 1990: A Proposal for U.S. Support of Equitable and Sustainable Development"
Prepared by The Development GAP, the Sierra Club and Bread for the World
1990
"Supporting Sustainable Development: A Populist Agenda for U.S. - Third World Economic Relations - Unifying Principles"
Endorsed by 34 U.S. organizations
February 1989
Testimony on Foreign Aid by The Development GAP before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
8 May 1989
"The Effectiveness of Development Assistance Programs under 'New Directions:' Criteria for Assessment"
Prepared by The Development GAP for the Congressional Research Service
January 1978
"Submission to the House Committee on International Relations on Rethinking U.S. Policy toward the Developing World"
1977
Africa
Development GAP Founders Honored for Launching Foundation
6 May 2008
"Gender and Social Dimensions of IMF Policies in Senegal" by Yassine Fall & "The Impact of IMF Structural Adjustment Policies on Tanzanian Agricultural" by Ross Hammond: The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, a report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
Women Standing Up to Adjustment in Africa
Les Femmes Contestent L'Ajustement en Afrique
A report of the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON), co-published with The Development GAP
July 1996
"Debunking the Myth"
Africa Report special section on structural adjustment
November - December 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based
Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
"Independent Eritrea Faces Challenges of Nationhood"
Ethiopian Commentator
September - December 1993
U.S. NGO Working Group on Africa: Senegal Report
12 January 1993
"In Zimbabwe, World Bank Decrees Misery"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
23 July 1992
Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing Before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives.
8 May 1990
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
"The Challenge of a New NGO Partnership in Africa"
July 1987
"The African Development Foundation: A New Institutional Approach to U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa"
1982
Asia
"World Bank's Lauding of Asian Economies Raises Questions"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
3 February 1998
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana sobre el rechazo por los Gobiernos de Mexico y de las Filipinas de la invitación para participar en un proyecto de evaluación de las políticas de ajuste structural.
2 November 1998
World Bank, IMF, SAPs and Debt
European Conference Addresses Financial Crisis and the IFIs
June 2009
International Parliamentarians' Petition 2005 Annual Report
February 2006
Expansion of the World Bank's Power to Impinge on the Economic Sovereignty of Borrower Nations
Memorandum
2005
World Bank Courts NGOs As Wolfowitz Takes Helm
International Civil-Society Statement
April 2005
World Bank Critics Denounce Civil Society Forum
Press Release
19 April 2005
"Critical Mistakes in the Campaign to Support Debt Reduction"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
27 September 2004
SAPRIN Letter to President of the World Bank
16 April 2004
"Investigation by Civil Society and World Bank Challenges Structural Adjustment Programs: Publication of the SAPRI Report Highlights Bank's Continued Inaction on Policy Findings"
Summary of Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report
April 2004
SAPRIN Letter to the Financial Times
12 March 2004
50 YEARS IS ENOUGH
U.S. campaign, co-launched by The Development GAP, on the World Bank and IMF
"Fifty Years Was Enough"
A Third World Network feature
September 2004
"Rubin, Cohen, Greenspan Misleading American People, IMF Protestors Say"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
30 January 1998
"G-7 Must Challenge Roles of IMF, World Bank: Failed Economic Model at Heart of Mexico's Collapse"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
7 June 1995
"World Bank Report Mere Diversion, Says Campaign; Bank's Failed Economic Policies Should Be at Center of UN Social Summit's Analysis"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
3 March 1995
"World Bank Debt Analysis Undone by Mexican Crisis"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
January 1995
"Congress Faces New Opportunity to Promote Sweeping Reforms of World Bank, IMF"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
December 1994
"World Bank Annual Report: A Study in Self Satisfaction"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
21 September 1994
"Fifty Years! How Much Chicanery, How Much Waste, How Much..."
Special report in The Earth Times
15 July 1994
"Structural Adjustment / Economic Justice"
Proposals by 50 Years Is Enough
1994
"50 Years Is Enough Platform"
Platform Summary
8 June 1994
"50 Years Is Enough Campaign Statement"
23 February 1994
SAPRIN Letter to Vice President of the World Bank
24 October 2003
"Update: Joint Facilitation Committee Moving Forward to Establish Guidelines for World Bank - CSO
Relations"
24 October 2003
"Advisory: Concerns About NGO Grouping Planning to Meet World Bank President End of October Regarding Future CSO - World Bank Relations"
14 October 2003
"SAPRIN Releases Findings of Joint Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment Conducted with World Bank"
10 May 2002
"From Engagement to Protest"
Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
18-19 April 2002
The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty
A multi-country participatory assessment of structural adjustment (SAPRI), edited by The Development GAP for SAPRIN. Published as Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report and Ajuste Estructural: El Informe SAPRI
April 2002
"Critics' Attempts at Constructive Dialogue Find World Bank Less Than Engaging"
News release by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
9 November 2001
"From the Ground Up: The World Bank Turns a Blind Eye to Injustice and More Protestors Take to the Streets"
Published in WorldView
Summer 2001
"Stripping Adjustment Policies of Their Poverty-Reduction Clothing: A New Convergence in the Challenge to the Current Global Economic Management"
Published by the United Nations University
June 2001
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"World Bank Ignores Own Failures" & "Further Proof of Failure of World Bank"
Letters to the editor of the Financial Times
23 June 2000 & 4 July 2000
"Realities, Myths & Options: The Impact of -- and Alternatives to -- World Bank and IMF Economic Policies in the Hemisphere"
A public forum with civil-society leaders from Latin America, co-hosted by The Development GAP and
SAPRIN
18 April 2000
"IMF / World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
News release issued regarding report of the "Meltzer Commission" on the future of the IFIs to the U.S. Congress
8 March 2000
"IMF Ventures into the Poverty-Alleviation Business"
Prepared for NACLA's Report on the Americas
November/December 1999
"Civil Society Perspectives on the IMF and World Bank"
Statement of Doug Hellinger to the International Financial Institutions (Meltzer) Advisory Commission
20 October 1999
"Statement of The Development GAP on Proposed Multilateral and G7 Debt-Reduction Plan: Rejection of IMF Policies and Expanded Role in Debtor Countries"
October 1999
"Foreign-Policy Pain"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
6 September 1999
"SAPs Link Sharpens Debt-Relief Debate"
July 1999
"Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment: Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness"
April 1999
The All-Too-Invisible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF
A report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Study Exposes IMF Failures"
News release by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"On the Wrong Track: A Summary Assessment of IMF Interventions in Selected Countries"
Summary report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
December 1998
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana
2 November 1998
"Presentation to the Panel on Poverty, Human Rights and Development at the Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
"Fast Pitch: A Few Friends Gather around the Mound in Nicaragua"
Article in WorldView on baseball and structural adjustment in Nicaragua
October 1998
"Profetas Errentes"
Artículo en Reforma
19 September 1998
"House Takes Positive Step in Limiting IMF Expansion and Influence"
News Release
17 September 1998
"Testimony Regarding Congressional Funding of the International Monetary Fund Presented to the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives"
21 April 1998
"The Failure of the Mexico Bailout"
April 1998
"World Bank's Lauding of Asian Economies Raises Questions"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
3 February 1998
"IMF Increases Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality in Latin America, Reflecting Worldwide Impact"
February 1998
Bank Check Quarterly
News on the international financial institutions from the International Rivers Network and The Development GAP
"Major Latin Economies Left Behind as SAP Review Is Readied for Launch"
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
June 1997
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
June 1997
"Global Citizens' Network Built Around SAP Review"
April 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"Public Pain, Private Gain: Mexico struggles with privatization"
December 1996 - January 1997
"Wolfensohn Accepts NGO Challenge to Re-Examine Adjustment Operations"
September 1996
"Mortgaging Mexico's Future"
May 1996
"Bosnia: Will the Bank Give Peace a Chance?" & "Haitians Seek Control of Their Economy"
February 1996
"At Beijing Conference, Women Target Economic Injustice"
September 1995
"Whither the Bank in the New Era?"
September 1995
"Interview with Carlos Heredia"
May 1995
"Is Argentina Another Mexico? Will It Be the Next Adjustment 'Success' to Blow?"
May 1995
"Money Heads for Haiti's Elite-Controlled Private Sector"
May 1995
"Haiti Gets $40m Credit"
December 1994
"Debunking the Myth"
Article on structural adjustment published in the Africa Report
November - December 1994
"Argentina Coming to a Boil" & "Agrarian Woes in Ecuador"
September 1994
"The Bank is Finally Asking 'Why Is Structural Adjustment Not Succeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa?"
September 1993
"Poverty Increases in Costa Rica"
Winter 1992
"The Poverty Facade on H Street"
Spring 1991
"Bank's Poverty Report Whitewashes the Past Decade: Sets stage for more adjustment and suffering in the 90s"
September 1990
"Mexican Government Payback Bad News for Mexicans"
News release
15 January 1997
Women Standing Up to Adjustment in Africa
Les Femmes Contestent L'Ajustement en Afrique
A report of the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON), co-published with The Development GAP
July 1996
"Forum on Democratic Alternatives to Structural Adjustment in America"
"Foro Sobre Alternativas Democráticas al Ajuste Estructural en América"
Forum organized by The Development GAP and Equipo PUEBLO, of Mexico, at the Inter-American Development Bank
21 May 1996
"Mexico's House of Cards"
4 April 1996
Structural Adjustment and the Spreading Crisis in Latin America
A report by The Development GAP in collaboration with Equipo Pueblo (Mexico), CRIES (Nicaragua), CECADE (Costa Rica) and FUNDE (El Salvador)
1995
"Desafío al modelo del ajuste estructural y el ambiente político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades
1995
The Polarization of Mexican Society: A Grassroots View of World Bank Economic Adjustment Policies
Report by Equipo PUEBLO, published by The Development GAP, for the NGO Working Group on the World Bank
December 1994
La Polarización de la Sociedad Mexicana: Una Visión Desde la Base de las Políticas de Ajuste Económico del Banco Mundial
Informe por Equipo PUEBLO, publicado por The Development GAP, para el Grupo de Trabajo de las ONGs sobre el Banco Mundial
December 1994
"Bridging the Gender Gap"
Published in The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. vol. 26, no. 4
October - December 1994
"The World Bank, the IMF and Illegal Drug Production: The Case of Bolivia"
News release
September 1994
"Roles that the World Bank and IMF must give up"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
5 August 1994
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 & 11 July 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based
Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
Summary of testimony on the "Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs," presented at the International Peoples' Tribunal to Judge the G-7
3-4 July 1993
Structural Adjustment in Central America: The Case of Costa Rica
El Ajuste Estructural en Centroamérica: El Caso de Costa Rica
June 1993
"Testimony Submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance on the Nomination of Lawrence Summers"
18 March 1993
"Statement on the Appointment of Lawrence Summers"
26 January 1993
The Other Side of the Story: The Real Impact of World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs
La Otra Cara de la Moneda: El Verdadero Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural del Banco Mundial y el FMI
Report on the 1992 "International NGO Forum on World Bank and IMF Adjustment Lending"
1993
Review of The Other Side of the Story, "SAPs: Suffering for African People," African Business
June 1993
"In Zimbabwe, World Bank Decrees Misery"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
23 July 1992
"Statement before the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives"
3 June 1992
"The NGO Challenge: Sapping Adjustment Programs"
Prepared for Impact
September 1991
"Banking on Deception"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 4
July 1991
Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"The Other War"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 1
January 1991
"African Democracy and the World Bank"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
20 December 1990
"The Art of Poverty: Doug Hellinger reflects on the World Bank's latest preoccupation"
Published in the New Internationalist
December 1990
"Third World Debt Never Shrinks"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
4 December 1989
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
Aid for Just Development: Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance
Lynne Reinner Publishers, (c) The Development GAP
1988
Summary of Aid for Just Development
1988
"The World Bank's Diminishing Credibility"
Published in Dialogue: The Voice of the People in North South Cooperation
July 1988
"The World Bank: Real Change at Last?"
Published in Panoscope, no. 6
May 1988
"The Debt Crisis: Where Does Responsibility Lie?"
Fall 1987
"Solutions to the Debt Problem"
Prepared by Fantu Cheru, Douglas Hellinger and Kelly Yencer for the Debt Crisis Network
December 1984
Trade
"Central Americans Demonstrate against CAFTA"
"Centroamericanos Protestan contra el CAFTA"
September 2004
"Andean FTA: Threats to Development"
July 2004
"Coalition Denounces Flawed US - Central America Free Trade Agreement"
ART news release
27 May 2004
"Opposition to Free Trade Is Internationalist Not Isolationist"
November 2001
"Free Trade Area of the Americas"
Policy brief prepared for Foreign Policy In Focus, vol. 6, no. 12
April 2001
"The Mexican Economy: Six Years into NAFTA"
21 January 2000
"Building a Hemispheric Social Alliance to Confront Free Trade"
"Construyendo la Alianza Social Continental frente al Libre Comercio"
Joint Declaration by unions and NGOs in the Western Hemisphere on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, issued parallel to the Third Trade Ministerial Meeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
May 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"No Laughter in NAFTA"
A report on the consequences of NAFTA two years after implementation
1 January 1996
Our Americas Quarterly
A quarterly newsletter of the Hemispheric Network for Just and Sustainable Trade and Development, edited
by The Development GAP.
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 4
Spring 1997
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 3
Fall 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no. 3
Otoño 1996
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 2
Summer 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no. 2
Verano 1996
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 1
Winter 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no.1
Invierno 1996
"Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas"
December 1996
Nafta Thoughts
A newsletter on the North American Free Trade Agreement, published by The Development GAP in cooperation with the Alliance for Responsible Trade.
Vol. 4, No. 3
December 1994
Vol. 4, No. 2
August 1994
Vol. 4, No. 1
April 1994
Vol. 3. No. 5
December 1993
Vol. 3, No. 4
October 1993
Vol. 3, No. 2
May 1993
Vol. 3, No. 1
February 1993
Vol. 2, No. 5
December 1992
Vol. 2, No. 4
October 1992
Vol. 2, No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 2, No. 2
April 1992
Vol. 2, No. 1
February 1992
Vol. 1, No. 1
December 1991
Letter from David Bonior, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
8 December 1993
"Mexico Will Not Collapse"
Interview with Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, on NAFTA
3 September 1993
"The Oaxaca Initiative: A Framework for Equitable & Sustainable Development in the Americas"
September 1993
"Trade Pact Won't Save Mexico's Environment"
Article in The Miami Herald by Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP
5 July 1993
"Not This NAFTA: A Trinational Citizens' Perspective"
By Tony Clarke, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Carlos Heredia
1993
"Statement by Stephen Hellinger of The Development Group for Alternative Policies before the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs on the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
27 February 1991
"The Other War"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 1
January 1991
Look Before You Leap: What You Should Know About a North American Free Trade Agreement
1991
Mucho Ojo: Lo Que Debes Saber Sobre un Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte
1991
"An Analysis of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
16 November 1990
"Think Caribbean"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
12 March 1990
United States - Caribbean Economic Relations, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
October 1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen United States Caribbean Economic Relations"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
February 1988
"The Caribbean Development Act of 1989: Background and Summary"
1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Symposium on the Caribbean Basin Initiative"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
September 1987
"Increased Dialogue Was Key to the Talks"
Barbados Advocate
21 September 1987
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Caribbean Views, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
December 1987
Supporting Central American and Caribbean Development: A Critique of the Caribbean Basin Initiative and an Alternative Legislative Assistance Plan
Prepared by The Development GAP in conjunction with participants at the Working Conference on Caribbean and
Central American Development in Kingston, Jamaica, December 1982
1983
Foreign Aid
The Development GAP Contributes Field-Based Proposal to Congressional Effort to Reform Foreign Aid
22 July 2009
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"Presentation to Panel on Poverty, Human Rights And Development, Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed article
7 December 1998
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
Article in Bank Check Quarterly
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
Bank Check Quarterly
June 1997
Democracy Undermined, Economic Justice Denied: Structural Adjustment and the Aid Juggernaut in Haiti
January 1997
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune
based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 11 July 1994
"Proposal to Reform U.S. Development Assistance"
Prepared by The Development GAP, Friends of the Earth and Oxfam America
1995
"Desafió al model del ajuste estructural y el ambiente político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades y Mitos
1995
"Concept Paper on the Development of a Participatory Approach to USAID's Strategic and Program Planning and Implementation"
Prepared for new USAID Administrator Brian Atwood
31 October 1993
"Independent Eritrea Faces Challenges of Nationhood"
Ethiopian Commentator
September - December 1993
U.S. NGO Working Group on Africa: Senegal Report
12 January 1993
"Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
Letter from Howard Wolpe, Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
15 November 1990
"The Famine This Time"
Published in the Middle East Report
September - October 1990
"Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing Before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives
8 May 1990
"Development Cooperation Act of 1990: A Proposal for U.S. Support of Equitable and Sustainable Development"
Prepared by The Development GAP, the Sierra Club and Bread for the World
1990
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
Testimony on Foreign Aid by The Development GAP before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
8 May 1989
"Supporting Sustainable Development: A Populist Agenda for U.S. - Third World Economic Relations - Unifying Principles"
Endorsed by 34 U.S. organizations
February 1989
Aid for Just Development: Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance
Lynne Reinner Publishers, (c) The Development GAP
1988
Summary of Aid for Just Development
1988
"NGOs and Large Aid Donors: Changing the Terms of Engagement"
Published in World Development
1987
"Mainstreaming Major Donor Support for Third World NGOs: Guidelines for Constructive Collaboration"
Published in Solidarios
1986
"The African Development Foundation: A New Institutional Approach to U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa"
1982
"Public Participation in Regional Development Planning: A Strategy for Popular Involvement"
Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development by The Development GAP in conjunction with Avrom Bendavid-Val.
1980
Summary of "Public Participation in Regional Development Planning"
1980
"The Effectiveness of Development Assistance Programs Under 'New Directions': Criteria for Assessment"
Prepared by The Development GAP for the Congressional Research Service
January 1978
"Submission to the House Committee on International Relations on Rethinking U.S. Policy toward the Developing World"
1977
European Conference Addresses Financial Crisis and the IFIs
Voksenaasen Statement
June 2009
The Harmonization of Wildlife Habitat and Human Livelihood Imperatives: Addressing Common Root Cause Through a Participatory, Collaborative and Sustainable Approach
2008
SAPRI Report Exposé Is Compulsary Reading, Says Review
2007
International Parliamentarians' Petition 2005 Annual Report
February 2006
Expansion of the World Bank's Power to Impinge on the Economic Sovereignty of Borrower Nations
Memorandum
2005
World Bank Courts NGOs As Wolfowitz Takes Helm
International Civil-Society Statement
April 2005
World Bank Critics Denounce Civil Society Forum
Press Release
19 April 2005
"Critical Mistakes in the Campaign to Support Debt Reduction"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
27 September 2004
SAPRIN Letter to President of the World Bank
16 April 2004
"Investigation by Civil Society and World Bank Challenges Structural Adjustment Programs: Publication of the SAPRI Report Highlights Bank's Continued Inaction on Policy Findings"
Summary of Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report
April 2004
SAPRIN Letter to the Financial Times
12 March 2004
SAPRIN Letter to Vice President of the World Bank
24 October 2003
"Update: Joint Facilitation Committee Moving Forward to Establish Guidelines for World Bank - CSO Relations"
24 October 2003
"Advisory: Concerns about NGO Grouping Planning to Meet World Bank President End of October Regarding Future CSO - World Bank Relations"
14 October 2003
"SAPRIN Releases Findings of Joint Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment Conducted With World Bank"
10 May 2002
"From Engagement to Protest"
Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
18-19 April 2002
The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty
A multi-country participatory assessment of structural adjustment (SAPRI), edited by The Development GAP for SAPRIN. Published as Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report and Ajuste Estructural: Informe SAPRI
April 2002
"Critics' Attempts at Constructive Dialogue Find World Bank Less Than Engaging"
News release by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
9 November 2001
"From the Ground Up: The World Bank Turns a Blind Eye to Injustice and More Protestors Take to the Streets"
Published in WorldView
Summer 2001
"Stripping Adjustment Policies of Their Poverty-Reduction Clothing: A New Convergence in the Challenge to the Current Global Economic Management"
Published by the United Nations University
June 2001
"IMF/ World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
News release regarding report of the "Meltzer Commission" on the future of the IFIs to the U.S. Congress
8 March 2001
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"World Bank Ignores Own Failures"
"Further Proof of Failure of World Bank"
Letters to the editor of the Financial Times
23 June 2000
4 July 2000
"IMF Ventures into the Poverty-Alleviation Business"
Prepared for NACLA's Report on the Americas
November - December 1999
"Civil Society Perspectives on the IMF and World Bank"
Statement of Doug Hellinger to the International Financial Institutions (Meltzer) Advisory Commission
20 October 1999
"Foreign-Policy Pain"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
6 September 1999
"SAPs Link Sharpens Debt-Relief Debate"
July 1999
"Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment: Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness"
April 1999
The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF
Report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Study Exposes IMF Failures"
News release by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"On the Wrong Track: A Summary Assessment of IMF Interventions in Selected Countries"
Summary report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
December 1998
"Statement of The Development GAP on Proposed Multilateral and G7 Debt-Reduction Plan: Rejection of IMF Policies and Expanded Role in Debtor
Countries"
October 1999
"IMF Increases Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality in Latin America, Reflecting WorldwideImpact"
February 1998
"Presentation to Panel on Poverty, Human Rights And Development, Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
Bank Check Quarterly
News on the international financial institutions from the International Rivers Network and The Development GAP
"Major Latin Economies Left Behind as SAP Review Is Readied for Launch"
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
June 1997
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
June 1997
"Global Citizens' Network Built Around SAP Review"
April 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"Public Pain, Private Gain: Mexico struggles with privatization"
December 1996 - January 1997
"Wolfensohn Accepts NGO Challenge to Re-Examine Adjustment Operations"
September 1996
"Mortgaging Mexico's Future"
May 1996
"Bosnia: Will the Bank Give Peace a Chance?" & "Haitians Seek Control of Their Economy"
February 1996
"At Beijing Conference, Women Target Economic Injustice"
September 1995
"Whither the Bank in the New Era?"
September 1995
"Interview with Carlos Heredia"
May 1995
"Is Argentina Another Mexico? Will It Be the Next Adjustment 'Success' to Blow?"
May 1995
"Money Heads for Haiti's Elite-Controlled Private Sector"
May 1995
"Haiti Gets $40m Credit"
December 1994
"Debunking the Myth"
Article on structural adjustment published in the Africa Report
November - December 1994
"Argentina Coming to a Boil" & "Agrarian Woes in Ecuador"
September 1994
"The Bank is Finally Asking "Why Is Structural Adjustment Not Succeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa?"
September 1993
"Poverty Increases in Costa Rica"
Winter 1992
"The Poverty Facade on H Street"
Spring 1991
"Bank's Poverty Report Whitewashes the Past Decade: Sets stage for more adjustment and suffering in the 90s"
September 1990
"Bridging the Gender Gap"
Published in The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. vol. 26, no. 4
October - December 1994
"Roles that the World Bank and IMF must give up"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
5 August 1994
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994
8 July 1994
11 July 1994
Summary testimony on the "Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs," presented at the International Peoples' Tribunal to Judge the G-7
3-4 July 1993
The Other Side of the Story: The Real Impact of World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs
La Otra Cara de la Moneda: El Verdadero Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural del Banco Mundial y el FMI
Report on the 1992 "International NGO Forum on World Bank and IMF Adjustment Lending"
Review of The Other Side of the Story, "SAPs: Suffering for African People," African Business
1993
"The NGO Challenge: Sapping Adjustment Programs"
Prepared for Impact
September 1991
"Banking on Deception"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 4
July 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"The Art of Poverty: Doug Hellinger reflects on the World Bank's latest preoccupation"
Published in the New Internationalist
December 1990
"Third World Debt Never Shrinks"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
4 December 1989
"The World Bank's Diminishing Credibility"
Published in Dialogue: The Voice of the People in North South Cooperation
July 1988
"The World Bank: Real Change at Last?"
Published in Panoscope, No. 6
May 1988
"The Debt Crisis: Where Does Responsibility Lie?"
Fall 1987
"Solutions to the Debt Problem"
Prepared by Fantu Cheru, Douglas Hellinger and Kelly Yencer for the Debt Crisis Network
December 1984
Americas
HEMISPHERE
Structural Adjustment and the Spreading Crisis in Latin America
A report by The Development GAP in collaboration with Equipo Pueblo (Mexico), CRIES (Nicaragua), CECADE (Costa Rica) and FUNDE (El Salvador)
1995
"Desafió al Model del Ajuste Estructural y el Ambiente Político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades y Mitos, Publicaciones del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades.
1995
"The Oaxaca Initiative: A Framework for Equitable & Sustainable Development in the Americas"
September 1993
"The Enterprise for the Americas Initiative: Description and Update"
October 1992
"Statement before the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs on the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
27 February 1991
"An Analysis of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
16 November 1990
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
"Central Americans Demonstrate against CAFTA"
September 2004
"Centroamericanos protestan contra el CAFTA"
September 2004
"Coalition Denounces Flawed US - Central America Free Trade Agreement"
ART news release
27 May 2004
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed article
7 December 1998
"Think Caribbean"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
12 March 1990
"The Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1989: Background and Summary"
1989
Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1989, H.R.2655
11 July 1989
United States - Caribbean Economic Relations, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
October 1988
Congressional Testimony by Atherton Martin, The Development GAP, on the Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1988
28 July 1988
Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1988 ("Crockett Bill") H.R.4943
29 June 1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen United States-Caribbean Economic Relations"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
February 1988
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Caribbean Views, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
September 1987
"Increased Dialogue Was Key to the Talks"
Barbados Advocate
21 September 1987
"Congressional Study Mission and Symposium on the Caribbean Basin Initiative"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
September 1987
Supporting Central American and Caribbean Development: A Critique of the Caribbean Basin Initiative and an Alternative Legislative Assistance Plan
Prepared by The Development GAP in conjunction with participants at the Working Conference on Caribbean and Central American Development in Kingston, Jamaica.
December 1982-1983
NICARAGUA
"The IMF and Financial-Sector Reform in Nicaragua" Chapter by Oscar Neira published in The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, A report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth.
April 1999
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed
7 December 1998
"Fast Pitch: A Few Friends Gather Around the Mound in Nicaragua"
A report on baseball & structural adjustment in Nicaragua published in WorldView
October 1998
"Foreign Aid Leaves Nicaragua in a Bind"
Letter to The New York Times
12 December 1993
Insider in Nicaragua
By Alan Lupo of The Boston Phoenix
July 1984
"Baseball Diplomacy Is a Game Beginning To Aiding Nicaragua"
Newsday
20 March 1980
Visita de Orioles un Inicio del Deshielo
La Prensa
18 March 1980
Nicaragua Trip was an Education for the Orioles
The Baltimore Sun
18 March 1980
Orioles Win by Losing in Nicaragua
The Washington Post
17 March 1980
Statement by Stephen Hellinger before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on S. 2012
To Amend the Foreign Assistance act of 1961 to Authorize Assistance in Support of Peaceful and Democratic Processes of Development in Central America.
6 December 1979
U.S. Policy Toward the New Nicaragua
The Christian Science Monitor
4 December 1979
A Chance for a New Nicaragua Policy
Newsday
11 September 1979
COSTA RICA
Structural Adjustment in Central America: The Case of Costa Rica;
El Ajuste Estructural en Centroamérica: El Caso de Costa Rica
June 1993
HAITI
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
Article in Bank Check Quarterly, a quarterly report by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
June 1997
Democracy Undermined, Economic Justice Denied: Structural Adjustment and the Aid Juggernaut in Haiti
January 1997
NORTH AMERICA
No Laughter in NAFTA
A report on the consequences of NAFTA two years after implementation
1 January 1996
Nafta Thoughts
A newsletter on the North American Free Trade Agreement, published by The Development GAP in cooperation with the Alliance for Responsible
Trade.
Vol. 4, No. 3
December 1994
Vol. 4, No. 2
August 1994
Vol. 4, No. 1
April 1994
Vol. 3. No. 5
December 1993
Vol. 3, No. 4
October 1993
Vol. 3, No. 2
May 1993
Vol. 3, No. 1
February 1993
Vol. 2, No. 5
December 1992
Vol. 2, No. 4
October 1992
Vol. 2, No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 2, No. 2
April 1992
Vol. 2, No. 1
February 1992
Vol. 1, No. 1
December 1991
Look Before You Leap: What You Should Know About a North American Free Trade Agreement
1991
Mucho Ojo: Lo Que Debes Saber Sobre un Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte
1991
"Not This NAFTA: A Trinational Citizens' Perspective"
By Tony Clarke, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Carlos Heredia
1993
SOUTH AMERICA
A President Comes to Visit and the Chickens Home to Roost in South America
March 2007
"Andean FTA: Threats to Development"
July 2004
BOLIVIA
"The World Bank, the IMF and Illegal Drug Production: The Case of Bolivia"
News release
September 1994
MEXICO
"The Mexican Economy: Six Years Into NAFTA"
21 January 2000
"The Microeconomic Impact of IMF Policies on the Mexican Economy"
Chapter by Alejandro Nadal published in The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, a report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana sobre el rechazo por los gobiernos de Mexico y de las Filipinas de la invitación para participar en un proyecto de evaluación de las políticas de ajuste estructural
2 November 1998
"Profetas Errentes"
Una entrevista con Stephen Hellinger, publicado en La Reforma
19 September 1998
"The Failure of the Mexican Bailout"
April 1998
"Mexican Government Payback Bad News for Mexicans"
15 January 1997
"Mexico's House of Cards"
4 April 1996
The Polarization of Mexican Society: A Grassroots View of World Bank Economic Adjustment Policies
Report by Equipo PUEBLO, published by The Development GAP, for the NGO Working Group on the World Bank
December 1994
La Polarización de la Sociedad Mexicana: Una Visión desde la Base de las Políticas de Ajuste Económico del Banco Mundial
Informe por Equipo PUEBLO, publicado por The Development GAP, para el Grupo de Trabajo de las ONGs sobre el Banco Mundial
December 1994
"Mexico Will Not Collapse"
Interview with Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, on NAFTA
3 September 1993
"Trade Pact Won't Save Mexico's Environment"
Article in The Miami Herald by Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP
5 July 1993
"Statement of Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, before the Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of Representatives"
20 May 1993
UNITED STATES
El Nuevo Traje del Emperador: El Movimiento de Ocupacion de Wall Street Transforma el Discurso Norteamericano
1 December 2011
A President Comes to Visit and the Chickens Home to Roost in South America
8 March 2007
"IMF- World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
8 March 2000
"House Takes Positive Step in Limiting IMF Expansion & Influence"
17 September 1998
"Testimony Regarding Congressional Funding of the International Monetary Fund Presented to the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives"
21 April 1998
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
Bank Check Quarterly, a quarterly report by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
April 1997
"Buchanan Phenomenon: Fertile Ground for Demagogues"
22 February 1996
"Proposal to Reform U.S. Development Assistance"
Prepared by The Development GAP, Friends of the Earth and Oxfam America
1995
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 & 11 July 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
Letter from David Bonior, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
8 December 1993
"Concept Paper on the Development of a Participatory Approach to USAID's Strategic and Program Planning and Implementation"
Prepared for new USAID Administrator Brian Atwood
31 October 1993
"Testimony Submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance on the Nomination of Lawrence Summers"
18 March1993
"Statement on the Appointment of Lawrence Summers"
26 January 1993
"Statement before the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives"
3 June 1992
"Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
16 May 1991
Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives
8 May 1990
"Development Cooperation Act of 1990: A Proposal for U.S. Support of Equitable and Sustainable Development"
Prepared by The Development GAP, the Sierra Club and Bread for the World
1990
"Supporting Sustainable Development: A Populist Agenda for U.S. - Third World Economic Relations - Unifying Principles"
Endorsed by 34 U.S. organizations
February 1989
Testimony on Foreign Aid by The Development GAP before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
8 May 1989
"The Effectiveness of Development Assistance Programs under 'New Directions:' Criteria for Assessment"
Prepared by The Development GAP for the Congressional Research Service
January 1978
"Submission to the House Committee on International Relations on Rethinking U.S. Policy toward the Developing World"
1977
Africa
Development GAP Founders Honored for Launching Foundation
6 May 2008
"Gender and Social Dimensions of IMF Policies in Senegal" by Yassine Fall & "The Impact of IMF Structural Adjustment Policies on Tanzanian Agricultural" by Ross Hammond: The All-Too-Visible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF, a report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
Women Standing Up to Adjustment in Africa
Les Femmes Contestent L'Ajustement en Afrique
A report of the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON), co-published with The Development GAP
July 1996
"Debunking the Myth"
Africa Report special section on structural adjustment
November - December 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based
Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
"Independent Eritrea Faces Challenges of Nationhood"
Ethiopian Commentator
September - December 1993
U.S. NGO Working Group on Africa: Senegal Report
12 January 1993
"In Zimbabwe, World Bank Decrees Misery"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
23 July 1992
Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing Before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives.
8 May 1990
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
"The Challenge of a New NGO Partnership in Africa"
July 1987
"The African Development Foundation: A New Institutional Approach to U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa"
1982
Asia
"World Bank's Lauding of Asian Economies Raises Questions"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
3 February 1998
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana sobre el rechazo por los Gobiernos de Mexico y de las Filipinas de la invitación para participar en un proyecto de evaluación de las políticas de ajuste structural.
2 November 1998
World Bank, IMF, SAPs and Debt
European Conference Addresses Financial Crisis and the IFIs
June 2009
International Parliamentarians' Petition 2005 Annual Report
February 2006
Expansion of the World Bank's Power to Impinge on the Economic Sovereignty of Borrower Nations
Memorandum
2005
World Bank Courts NGOs As Wolfowitz Takes Helm
International Civil-Society Statement
April 2005
World Bank Critics Denounce Civil Society Forum
Press Release
19 April 2005
"Critical Mistakes in the Campaign to Support Debt Reduction"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
27 September 2004
SAPRIN Letter to President of the World Bank
16 April 2004
"Investigation by Civil Society and World Bank Challenges Structural Adjustment Programs: Publication of the SAPRI Report Highlights Bank's Continued Inaction on Policy Findings"
Summary of Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report
April 2004
SAPRIN Letter to the Financial Times
12 March 2004
50 YEARS IS ENOUGH
U.S. campaign, co-launched by The Development GAP, on the World Bank and IMF
"Fifty Years Was Enough"
A Third World Network feature
September 2004
"Rubin, Cohen, Greenspan Misleading American People, IMF Protestors Say"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
30 January 1998
"G-7 Must Challenge Roles of IMF, World Bank: Failed Economic Model at Heart of Mexico's Collapse"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
7 June 1995
"World Bank Report Mere Diversion, Says Campaign; Bank's Failed Economic Policies Should Be at Center of UN Social Summit's Analysis"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
3 March 1995
"World Bank Debt Analysis Undone by Mexican Crisis"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
January 1995
"Congress Faces New Opportunity to Promote Sweeping Reforms of World Bank, IMF"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
December 1994
"World Bank Annual Report: A Study in Self Satisfaction"
News release by 50 Years Is Enough
21 September 1994
"Fifty Years! How Much Chicanery, How Much Waste, How Much..."
Special report in The Earth Times
15 July 1994
"Structural Adjustment / Economic Justice"
Proposals by 50 Years Is Enough
1994
"50 Years Is Enough Platform"
Platform Summary
8 June 1994
"50 Years Is Enough Campaign Statement"
23 February 1994
SAPRIN Letter to Vice President of the World Bank
24 October 2003
"Update: Joint Facilitation Committee Moving Forward to Establish Guidelines for World Bank - CSO
Relations"
24 October 2003
"Advisory: Concerns About NGO Grouping Planning to Meet World Bank President End of October Regarding Future CSO - World Bank Relations"
14 October 2003
"SAPRIN Releases Findings of Joint Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment Conducted with World Bank"
10 May 2002
"From Engagement to Protest"
Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
18-19 April 2002
The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty
A multi-country participatory assessment of structural adjustment (SAPRI), edited by The Development GAP for SAPRIN. Published as Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report and Ajuste Estructural: El Informe SAPRI
April 2002
"Critics' Attempts at Constructive Dialogue Find World Bank Less Than Engaging"
News release by The Development GAP and the International Rivers Network
9 November 2001
"From the Ground Up: The World Bank Turns a Blind Eye to Injustice and More Protestors Take to the Streets"
Published in WorldView
Summer 2001
"Stripping Adjustment Policies of Their Poverty-Reduction Clothing: A New Convergence in the Challenge to the Current Global Economic Management"
Published by the United Nations University
June 2001
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"World Bank Ignores Own Failures" & "Further Proof of Failure of World Bank"
Letters to the editor of the Financial Times
23 June 2000 & 4 July 2000
"Realities, Myths & Options: The Impact of -- and Alternatives to -- World Bank and IMF Economic Policies in the Hemisphere"
A public forum with civil-society leaders from Latin America, co-hosted by The Development GAP and
SAPRIN
18 April 2000
"IMF / World Bank Wings Clipped by IFI Commission, But Development Focus Still Lacking"
News release issued regarding report of the "Meltzer Commission" on the future of the IFIs to the U.S. Congress
8 March 2000
"IMF Ventures into the Poverty-Alleviation Business"
Prepared for NACLA's Report on the Americas
November/December 1999
"Civil Society Perspectives on the IMF and World Bank"
Statement of Doug Hellinger to the International Financial Institutions (Meltzer) Advisory Commission
20 October 1999
"Statement of The Development GAP on Proposed Multilateral and G7 Debt-Reduction Plan: Rejection of IMF Policies and Expanded Role in Debtor Countries"
October 1999
"Foreign-Policy Pain"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
6 September 1999
"SAPs Link Sharpens Debt-Relief Debate"
July 1999
"Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment: Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness"
April 1999
The All-Too-Invisible Hand: A Five-Country Look at the Long and Destructive Reach of the IMF
A report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"Study Exposes IMF Failures"
News release by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
April 1999
"On the Wrong Track: A Summary Assessment of IMF Interventions in Selected Countries"
Summary report by The Development GAP and Friends of the Earth
December 1998
"Rechazan Gestión Social"
Una entrevista con The Development GAP por la prensa mexicana
2 November 1998
"Presentation to the Panel on Poverty, Human Rights and Development at the Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
"Fast Pitch: A Few Friends Gather around the Mound in Nicaragua"
Article in WorldView on baseball and structural adjustment in Nicaragua
October 1998
"Profetas Errentes"
Artículo en Reforma
19 September 1998
"House Takes Positive Step in Limiting IMF Expansion and Influence"
News Release
17 September 1998
"Testimony Regarding Congressional Funding of the International Monetary Fund Presented to the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives"
21 April 1998
"The Failure of the Mexico Bailout"
April 1998
"World Bank's Lauding of Asian Economies Raises Questions"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
3 February 1998
"IMF Increases Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality in Latin America, Reflecting Worldwide Impact"
February 1998
Bank Check Quarterly
News on the international financial institutions from the International Rivers Network and The Development GAP
"Major Latin Economies Left Behind as SAP Review Is Readied for Launch"
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
June 1997
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
June 1997
"Global Citizens' Network Built Around SAP Review"
April 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"Public Pain, Private Gain: Mexico struggles with privatization"
December 1996 - January 1997
"Wolfensohn Accepts NGO Challenge to Re-Examine Adjustment Operations"
September 1996
"Mortgaging Mexico's Future"
May 1996
"Bosnia: Will the Bank Give Peace a Chance?" & "Haitians Seek Control of Their Economy"
February 1996
"At Beijing Conference, Women Target Economic Injustice"
September 1995
"Whither the Bank in the New Era?"
September 1995
"Interview with Carlos Heredia"
May 1995
"Is Argentina Another Mexico? Will It Be the Next Adjustment 'Success' to Blow?"
May 1995
"Money Heads for Haiti's Elite-Controlled Private Sector"
May 1995
"Haiti Gets $40m Credit"
December 1994
"Debunking the Myth"
Article on structural adjustment published in the Africa Report
November - December 1994
"Argentina Coming to a Boil" & "Agrarian Woes in Ecuador"
September 1994
"The Bank is Finally Asking 'Why Is Structural Adjustment Not Succeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa?"
September 1993
"Poverty Increases in Costa Rica"
Winter 1992
"The Poverty Facade on H Street"
Spring 1991
"Bank's Poverty Report Whitewashes the Past Decade: Sets stage for more adjustment and suffering in the 90s"
September 1990
"Mexican Government Payback Bad News for Mexicans"
News release
15 January 1997
Women Standing Up to Adjustment in Africa
Les Femmes Contestent L'Ajustement en Afrique
A report of the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON), co-published with The Development GAP
July 1996
"Forum on Democratic Alternatives to Structural Adjustment in America"
"Foro Sobre Alternativas Democráticas al Ajuste Estructural en América"
Forum organized by The Development GAP and Equipo PUEBLO, of Mexico, at the Inter-American Development Bank
21 May 1996
"Mexico's House of Cards"
4 April 1996
Structural Adjustment and the Spreading Crisis in Latin America
A report by The Development GAP in collaboration with Equipo Pueblo (Mexico), CRIES (Nicaragua), CECADE (Costa Rica) and FUNDE (El Salvador)
1995
"Desafío al modelo del ajuste estructural y el ambiente político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades
1995
The Polarization of Mexican Society: A Grassroots View of World Bank Economic Adjustment Policies
Report by Equipo PUEBLO, published by The Development GAP, for the NGO Working Group on the World Bank
December 1994
La Polarización de la Sociedad Mexicana: Una Visión Desde la Base de las Políticas de Ajuste Económico del Banco Mundial
Informe por Equipo PUEBLO, publicado por The Development GAP, para el Grupo de Trabajo de las ONGs sobre el Banco Mundial
December 1994
"Bridging the Gender Gap"
Published in The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. vol. 26, no. 4
October - December 1994
"The World Bank, the IMF and Illegal Drug Production: The Case of Bolivia"
News release
September 1994
"Roles that the World Bank and IMF must give up"
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times
5 August 1994
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 & 11 July 1994
"The World Bank and USAID in Africa: The Tragedy of Structural Adjustment, the Promise of Broad-Based
Participation"
Testimony before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
24 March 1994
Summary of testimony on the "Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs," presented at the International Peoples' Tribunal to Judge the G-7
3-4 July 1993
Structural Adjustment in Central America: The Case of Costa Rica
El Ajuste Estructural en Centroamérica: El Caso de Costa Rica
June 1993
"Testimony Submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance on the Nomination of Lawrence Summers"
18 March 1993
"Statement on the Appointment of Lawrence Summers"
26 January 1993
The Other Side of the Story: The Real Impact of World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs
La Otra Cara de la Moneda: El Verdadero Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural del Banco Mundial y el FMI
Report on the 1992 "International NGO Forum on World Bank and IMF Adjustment Lending"
1993
Review of The Other Side of the Story, "SAPs: Suffering for African People," African Business
June 1993
"In Zimbabwe, World Bank Decrees Misery"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
23 July 1992
"Statement before the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives"
3 June 1992
"The NGO Challenge: Sapping Adjustment Programs"
Prepared for Impact
September 1991
"Banking on Deception"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 4
July 1991
Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
"The Other War"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 1
January 1991
"African Democracy and the World Bank"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
20 December 1990
"The Art of Poverty: Doug Hellinger reflects on the World Bank's latest preoccupation"
Published in the New Internationalist
December 1990
"Third World Debt Never Shrinks"
Letter to the editor of The New York Times
4 December 1989
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
Aid for Just Development: Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance
Lynne Reinner Publishers, (c) The Development GAP
1988
Summary of Aid for Just Development
1988
"The World Bank's Diminishing Credibility"
Published in Dialogue: The Voice of the People in North South Cooperation
July 1988
"The World Bank: Real Change at Last?"
Published in Panoscope, no. 6
May 1988
"The Debt Crisis: Where Does Responsibility Lie?"
Fall 1987
"Solutions to the Debt Problem"
Prepared by Fantu Cheru, Douglas Hellinger and Kelly Yencer for the Debt Crisis Network
December 1984
Trade
"Central Americans Demonstrate against CAFTA"
"Centroamericanos Protestan contra el CAFTA"
September 2004
"Andean FTA: Threats to Development"
July 2004
"Coalition Denounces Flawed US - Central America Free Trade Agreement"
ART news release
27 May 2004
"Opposition to Free Trade Is Internationalist Not Isolationist"
November 2001
"Free Trade Area of the Americas"
Policy brief prepared for Foreign Policy In Focus, vol. 6, no. 12
April 2001
"The Mexican Economy: Six Years into NAFTA"
21 January 2000
"Building a Hemispheric Social Alliance to Confront Free Trade"
"Construyendo la Alianza Social Continental frente al Libre Comercio"
Joint Declaration by unions and NGOs in the Western Hemisphere on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, issued parallel to the Third Trade Ministerial Meeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
May 1997
"In Clinton's Second Term, It's Business As Usual"
April 1997
"No Laughter in NAFTA"
A report on the consequences of NAFTA two years after implementation
1 January 1996
Our Americas Quarterly
A quarterly newsletter of the Hemispheric Network for Just and Sustainable Trade and Development, edited
by The Development GAP.
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 4
Spring 1997
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 3
Fall 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no. 3
Otoño 1996
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 2
Summer 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no. 2
Verano 1996
Our Americas, vol. 1, no. 1
Winter 1996
Nuestras Américas, vol. 1, no.1
Invierno 1996
"Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas"
December 1996
Nafta Thoughts
A newsletter on the North American Free Trade Agreement, published by The Development GAP in cooperation with the Alliance for Responsible Trade.
Vol. 4, No. 3
December 1994
Vol. 4, No. 2
August 1994
Vol. 4, No. 1
April 1994
Vol. 3. No. 5
December 1993
Vol. 3, No. 4
October 1993
Vol. 3, No. 2
May 1993
Vol. 3, No. 1
February 1993
Vol. 2, No. 5
December 1992
Vol. 2, No. 4
October 1992
Vol. 2, No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 2, No. 2
April 1992
Vol. 2, No. 1
February 1992
Vol. 1, No. 1
December 1991
Letter from David Bonior, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
8 December 1993
"Mexico Will Not Collapse"
Interview with Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP, on NAFTA
3 September 1993
"The Oaxaca Initiative: A Framework for Equitable & Sustainable Development in the Americas"
September 1993
"Trade Pact Won't Save Mexico's Environment"
Article in The Miami Herald by Carlos Heredia, Director of International Programs, Equipo PUEBLO, Mexico, and Visiting Fellow, The Development GAP
5 July 1993
"Not This NAFTA: A Trinational Citizens' Perspective"
By Tony Clarke, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Carlos Heredia
1993
"Statement by Stephen Hellinger of The Development Group for Alternative Policies before the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs on the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
27 February 1991
"The Other War"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 1
January 1991
Look Before You Leap: What You Should Know About a North American Free Trade Agreement
1991
Mucho Ojo: Lo Que Debes Saber Sobre un Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte
1991
"An Analysis of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative"
16 November 1990
"Think Caribbean"
Letter to the editor of The Washington Post
12 March 1990
United States - Caribbean Economic Relations, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
October 1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen United States Caribbean Economic Relations"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
February 1988
"The Caribbean Development Act of 1989: Background and Summary"
1988
"Congressional Study Mission and Symposium on the Caribbean Basin Initiative"
Organized for the U.S. Congress by The Development GAP
September 1987
"Increased Dialogue Was Key to the Talks"
Barbados Advocate
21 September 1987
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Caribbean Views, Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
December 1987
Supporting Central American and Caribbean Development: A Critique of the Caribbean Basin Initiative and an Alternative Legislative Assistance Plan
Prepared by The Development GAP in conjunction with participants at the Working Conference on Caribbean and
Central American Development in Kingston, Jamaica, December 1982
1983
Foreign Aid
The Development GAP Contributes Field-Based Proposal to Congressional Effort to Reform Foreign Aid
22 July 2009
"Statement before the United Nations Civil Society Hearings on Financing for Development"
7 November 2000
"Presentation to Panel on Poverty, Human Rights And Development, Joint Meeting of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
16 October 1998
"The Wrong Hurricane Relief"
New York Times op-ed article
7 December 1998
"Foreign Aid Given, Haitian Justice Denied"
Article in Bank Check Quarterly
June 1997
"Behind the Curve in Latin America"
Bank Check Quarterly
June 1997
Democracy Undermined, Economic Justice Denied: Structural Adjustment and the Aid Juggernaut in Haiti
January 1997
"How Clinton Now Caters to the Elite," "World Bank, IMF Policies Hurt Women" & "International Aid Pipeline Needs Reform"
Three-part series in The Tampa Tribune
based on interviews of The Development GAP
6 June 1994, 8 July 1994 11 July 1994
"Proposal to Reform U.S. Development Assistance"
Prepared by The Development GAP, Friends of the Earth and Oxfam America
1995
"Desafió al model del ajuste estructural y el ambiente político en Estados Unidos"
Preparado por The Development GAP para Globalización y Bloques Económicos: Realidades y Mitos
1995
"Concept Paper on the Development of a Participatory Approach to USAID's Strategic and Program Planning and Implementation"
Prepared for new USAID Administrator Brian Atwood
31 October 1993
"Independent Eritrea Faces Challenges of Nationhood"
Ethiopian Commentator
September - December 1993
U.S. NGO Working Group on Africa: Senegal Report
12 January 1993
"Statement before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
16 May 1991
"Arrogance and Ignorance"
The Development GAP column for the Inter-Press Service, no. 3
May 1991
Letter from Howard Wolpe, Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa, U.S. House of Representatives, to The Development GAP
15 November 1990
"The Famine This Time"
Published in the Middle East Report
September - October 1990
"Famine Relief in Ethiopia: An Update"
Hearing Before the International Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, U.S. House of Representatives
8 May 1990
"Development Cooperation Act of 1990: A Proposal for U.S. Support of Equitable and Sustainable Development"
Prepared by The Development GAP, the Sierra Club and Bread for the World
1990
"Sudan: No Simple Solutions"
Published in Dollars & Sense
November 1989
Testimony on Foreign Aid by The Development GAP before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
8 May 1989
"Supporting Sustainable Development: A Populist Agenda for U.S. - Third World Economic Relations - Unifying Principles"
Endorsed by 34 U.S. organizations
February 1989
Aid for Just Development: Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance
Lynne Reinner Publishers, (c) The Development GAP
1988
Summary of Aid for Just Development
1988
"NGOs and Large Aid Donors: Changing the Terms of Engagement"
Published in World Development
1987
"Mainstreaming Major Donor Support for Third World NGOs: Guidelines for Constructive Collaboration"
Published in Solidarios
1986
"The African Development Foundation: A New Institutional Approach to U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa"
1982
"Public Participation in Regional Development Planning: A Strategy for Popular Involvement"
Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development by The Development GAP in conjunction with Avrom Bendavid-Val.
1980
Summary of "Public Participation in Regional Development Planning"
1980
"The Effectiveness of Development Assistance Programs Under 'New Directions': Criteria for Assessment"
Prepared by The Development GAP for the Congressional Research Service
January 1978
"Submission to the House Committee on International Relations on Rethinking U.S. Policy toward the Developing World"
1977
