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IMF resources: quota, NAB and GAB

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|7 February 2012|update 79|url

One of the IMF's three roles is lending to members countries with balance of payments difficulties, using resources provided by its other members. Generally, these resources come in two forms: quota contributions tied to voting rights in the institution, and bilateral contributions which do not affect countries' voting rights. read article...

Inside the institutions: country classifications

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|18 November 2011|update 78|url

A state's relationship with the IFIs and the type of assistance it receives is determined by its country classification. Some crucial types of classifications are: the World Bank's operational lending categories; the Bank's analytical categories used in the World Development Report; the IMF's operational and analytical categories, the IFC's frontier market category; the Bank's fragile state category; and the distinctions used by the Bank and IMF in deciding on and reporting success in governance reforms. read article...

China and the World Bank

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|14 September 2011|update 77|url

China joined the World Bank in April 1980, and since then has been one of its largest borrowers and recipients of technical assistance. In recent years, China has gone beyond the only role of recipient country and has increased its influence on the Bank. read article...

The IFC's approach to international trade finance

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|13 June 2011|update 76|url

Trade finance refers to financing arrangements that support international trade transactions. It is one of the central parts of a new ten-year strategy paper on international trade currently being developed by the World Bank for the period between 2011 and 2021. read article...

The World Bank's approach to gender mainstreaming

Inside the inst|Caroline Schenkel|5 April 2011|update 75|url

The World Bank's current approach to gender mainstreaming promotes women's empowerment as "smart economics" that serves a dual equality-development purpose. This approach, which largely ignores non-economic sources of gender inequality, has been criticised for its narrow, market-driven focus. read article...

The IFI's approach to tax avoidance and evasion

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|17 February 2011|update 74|url

The World Bank and the IMF formally recognise tax avoidance and evasion as a critical problem for developing countries' domestic resource mobilisation. The Bank's public position on tax evasion and tax havens does not however identify concrete measures to stop investing in companies practicing tax avoidance. The IMF addresses tax policy under its surveillance mandate and in its technical assistance, but does not have an explicit framework to deal with tax evasion. read article...

The role of the World Bank in carbon markets: The Carbon Finance Unit

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|29 November 2010|update 73|url

The World Bank's engagement in carbon finance has expanded from its "pioneering" Prototype Carbon Fund in 1999, which provided the groundwork for the continuously popular market-based approach to emission reductions. read article...

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|30 September 2010|update 72|url

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which forms a part of the World Bank Group, promotes foreign direct investment (FDI) in its 175 member countries. read article...

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