text:  Views on this differ, of course. I sought one from Peter Doyle. He's an independent economist and a former senior staff member at the International Monetary Fund. He agrees that LGBT rights in Africa do need to be protected. But he doesn't think that the IMF and the World Bank should be acting as a kind of moral policeman here. Were the IMF to place an embargo on all new lending, the macroeconomic consequences could be severe.