Environment

Commentary

World Bank support for Haitian mining: far from a gold standard

World Bank support for a draft mining law in Haiti is criticised for lack of stakeholder engagement, as civil society fears that the plan will do little to protect local communities.

28 September 2015 | Guest comment

Trade

Analysis

Corporate bias at the World Bank Group

This briefing finds significant bias in favour of corporations and commercial interests in the main venue for settlement of legal cases brought by corporations against governments: the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

28 September 2015 | At Issue

Social services

Analysis

Lagos public water advocates call for democracy, not World Bank-supported “enlightenment”

Shayda Naficy argues that water infrastructure and distribution should be financed and managed by public entities rather than through privatisation.

25 September 2015 | Guest analysis

Finance

News

UN vote supports calls for independent debt crisis response mechanism outside the IMF

UN votes in favour of accepting new principles to guide sovereign debt restructuring, as CSO report warns of risk of new crises linked to aid and multilateral lending.

28 September 2015

Gender

News

Gender progress? The World Bank's approach to new gender strategy criticised

As the World Bank consultation on its new gender strategy closes, NGOs shareholders criticise the Bank's approach.

28 September 2015

Rights

News

Conflicting views on direction of World Bank's safeguards review

The World Bank faced further criticism as it launched its third consultation phase on its proposed environmental and social framework.

28 September 2015

IFI governance

News

Developing countries seek to bypass stalled IMF and World Bank reform, risking US veto

Reforms to World Bank and IMF voting shares continue to stall, leaving developing countries with no greater say in how they are run.

25 September 2015

Conditionality

Analysis

Greece: IMF fails to learn own "lesson on the economic impact of austerity”

IMF has been criticised for undermining negotiations between Greece and other creditors and ignoring the results of a democratic referendum.

25 September 2015

Environment

Analysis

Climate of controversy

Despite efforts to boost its influence within climate finance circles and a call to “decarbonise development”, the World Bank continues to support fossil fuels.

25 September 2015

IFI governance

Background

World Bank global practices and cross-cutting solution areas

This Inside the Institutions looks at the World Bank's new global practices and cross-cutting solutions areas that were established to improve how staff share knowledge internally and externally.

25 September 2015 | Inside the institutions