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During the annual IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, hundreds of protesters, including farmers and human rights organizations, demanded a revision of the funds' policies. Oxfam and activists called spending-cut demands misguided amid inflation, while the IMF insists on rebuilding fiscal buffers, and experts speak of 'two bad options' for developing countries.
Dilnoza RahimovaAfter the 2011 floods, Thailand expanded dikes and spillways to protect Bangkok, Ayutthaya and industrial zones along the Chao Phraya. Commercial centers are protected, but low-lying villages that serve as floodwater release zones are flooded every year. Residents raise their houses on stilts at their own expense for 100,000 to a million baht, an environmentalist proposed a 'flood-free living tax,' and authorities are building a €700 million bypass canal by 2030.
Otabek YusupovIn Bangkok, protesters from across Thailand took part in a demonstration against the IMF and World Bank, accusing the institutions of making decisions without taking local communities' views into account. Police blocked the march near the meeting venue, and brief clashes occurred during an attempt to hang a banner on a pedestrian bridge.
Aziz Karimov
