Don't stop there!
In South Africa, the drafting of the 1994 Reconstruction and Development Programme--the African National Congress campaign platform in the first democratic election--witnessed the progressive forces winning an extremely hard- fought campaign for the following wording, which (although widely violated by neoliberals in a few government agencies) has served as the primary basis for social movements' fight against World Bank loans to the post-apartheid SA government:
6.5.17 There is a need for an overall
foreign debt strategy. The RDP must use
foreign debt financing only for those
elements of the programme that can
potentially increase our capacity for
earning foreign exchange. Relationships
with international financial institutions
such as the World Bank and International
Monetary Fund must be conducted in such
a way as to protect the integrity of
domestic policy formulation and promote
the interests of the South African
population and the economy. Above all, we
must pursue policies that enhance
national self-sufficiency and enable us
to reduce dependence on international
financial institutions.
Patrick