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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “International Monetary Fund”
Structural adjustment programs are considered a form of neo-colonialism by some academics due to their intensification of healthcare access inequality, and their promotion of external intervention and aid to meet health needs in developing countries.[source retracted]
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The source
Neocolonialism and Public Health in Africa
Olumuyiwa A Kehinde, Taiwo Kemisola Kehinde
Socioeconomics, Philosophy, and Deneocoloniality · published August 2025
Retracted Mar 3, 2026
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- FoundFound on International Monetary Fund: the citation is live and nothing near it mentions the retraction.
- ReviewedRead by hand (International Monetary Fund). It is the only source given for this claim, and Springer retracted the chapter in March 2026 over problems with its referencing.
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