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Washington wants the details

The International Monetary Fund has given Kinshasa a stark choice: the Bretton Woods financial institutions or the Chinese.

The International Monetary Fund has given Kinshasa a stark choice: the Bretton Woods financial institutions or the Chinese. On a visit in September, an IMF delegation led by Africa Department Director Brian Arnes made clear that it wants to see feasibility studies completed by March 2009 on the US$9 billion Chinese infrastructure deals signed in May (AAC Vol 1 No 7)....

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