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Gender WDR Limits, gaps, and fudges

At Issue|Kate Bedford|8 February 2012|update 79|url

The 2012 World Development Report is a watershed moment: it is the first time that the World Bank, the world's largest and most influential development institution, has devoted its flagship publication to gender. Kate Bedford of the University of Kent argues that the report leaves the Bank failing to face up to its role in perpetuating policies that harm women, and is seriously limited in its approach to women's movements, markets, and households. read article...

Time for a new consensus Regulating financial flows for stability and development

Report|Peter Chowla|15 December 2011|url
Time for a new consensus

This report explains the drawbacks, especially for development, of policies to deregulate the movement of money across borders, and makes suggestions for a new pragmatic approach to regulation of financial flows to ensure stability and development. read article...

Breaking the Mould How Latin America is coping with volatile capital flows

Report|BWP and Latindadd|15 December 2011|url

Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica are among the countries that have recently implemented capital account regulations. This report reviews the evidence available on the impact of their measures, providing evidence of the usefulness of capital account regulations not only in achieving financial stability but also in preventing unwarranted appreciation of the exchange rate and increasing monetary policy space. read article...

No fairy tale Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investments

Report|Ama Marston|18 November 2011|url

As debates continue at the World Bank about its lending for new coal-fired power plants, residents of the Indian district of Singrauli, the country's coal capital, still live with the lasting social and environmental impacts of decades of coal-related projects and ask why the Bank has never returned to fully address what has been left in the wake of its investments in the region. read article...

Climate Investment Funds Monitor October 2011

Briefing|Bretton Woods Project|27 October 2011|url

The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds - the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF). read article...

Power surge Lessons for the World Bank from Indian women's participation in energy projects

Report|Ama Marston|21 September 2011|url
Power surge

This paper about energy and women in India highlights examples from visits to NGO projects, social entrepreneurs and social movements in five Indian states over the course of three months, as well as conversations with energy and women rights experts. The paper then highlights lessons drawn from field visits and what they mean for the development community with particular focus on the World Bank. read article...

Navigating complex dilemmas the Bank on violence, conflict and peace building

At Issue|Monica Stephen|16 September 2011|update 77|url

The World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security and Development is shifting the language of international policy on supporting peace and development in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Monica Stephen of International Alert examines how the World Bank's operations need to adjust to support peace and development. read article...

The UK's role in the World Bank and IMF Department for International Development and HM Treasury

Briefing|Bretton Woods Project|18 July 2011|url

This page outlines the structure of the UK government's interaction with the World Bank and the IMF. It provides contact information for the appropriate staff at the Department for International Development and HM Treasury who deal with the Bretton Woods institutions read article...

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Recent briefings & reports

Gender WDR: Limits, gaps, and fudges  8 February 2012

Time for a new consensus: Regulating financial flows for stability and development  15 December 2011

Breaking the Mould: How Latin America is coping with volatile capital flows  15 December 2011

No fairy tale: Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investments  18 November 2011

Climate Investment Funds Monitor: October 2011   27 October 2011

Power surge: Lessons for the World Bank from Indian women's participation in energy projects  21 September 2011

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