O'Neill also helped Turkey, Argentina and Brazil in receiving loans from International Monetary Fund but opposed more financial assistance. His cavalcade was once attacked with eggs during a visit to Argentina because of him stating the country had “no industry to speak of.” He however also encouraged governments to increase grants by World Bank and cracking down on monetary support of terrorism. In May 2002, he visited Africa with Bono to draw attention to the continent's poor. During his tenure, he was known for his outspokenness which would eventually cost him his job in December 2002.