Finance and debtBank and Fund involvement in financing development and debt creation. The role of World Bank aid and lending in development and reconstruction projects as well as a focus on the Funds' role in the international financial architecture and financial sector reform in borrower countries. Includes: Development finance, capital account liberalisation and capital controls, financial sector reform, International financial architecture, debt and debt arbitration, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC), crisis prevention and resolution read more background... BriefingsMemorandum by the Bretton Woods Project for the UK Treasury Committee Treasury Committee inquiry into the international dimension of the banking crisisThere are two major problems which interacted together to cause the crisis: the failure of the financial regulatory and supervisory systems and the failure of the international monetary system. These problems are outlined in written evidence submitted to trhe UK Treasury Committee. read article... The IMF's special drawing rights (SDRs)The special drawing right (SDR) is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement the existing official reserves of member countries. read article... Country positions for the London SummitOn April 2 several industrialised and emerging market economies will meet at the London summit. Slowly, the policy positions of participating countries are emerging and give an overview of what might be the outcomes of the meeting. This paper gives an overview of official standpoints of participating countries ahead of the summit on a variety of topics and, taking that into considerations, provides an overview of what is likely to be agreed on in the end. read article... Items 1 to 10 of 363Economic crisis: rich countries block reform at UN summitThe first major conference on the financial and economic crisis to involve all countries ended with rich countries blocking substantive reforms demanded by developing countries. The UN conference did however push key issues up the international agenda, such as the need for a better system of international reserves, and for genuine policy space for developing countries. read article... Regulating global finance and the impact on developing countries Panel debate and Q&AThe Bretton Woods Project and Research on Money and Finance Group invite you to a panel debate and open Q and A on global financial regulation and the impact of current regulation on developing countries. read article... Beyond the London Summit Assessing the UK government's response to the financial crisis and charting a way forwardIn this paper we assess the outcomes of the London Summit and the UK government's progress towards the 12 recommendations set out by the Put People First platform in March 2009. The G20 London Summit on 2 April 2009 issued "a global plan for recovery and reform". G20 leaders have not yet gone far enough on the fundamental changes the world needs. The communique appears to have made progress on some critical issues but there were also missed opportunities, especially on building a green economy, and some areas where it moves in the wrong direction. read article... Bretton Woods Project submission on the DFID White PaperIn a submission the the DFID white paper consultation, we set out the significant change needed at the World Bank and IMF to bring them into line both with international norms and with UK policy, in order to improve their contribution to sustainable development. In this submission we outline changes needed in: IFI governance; IFI conditionality policies; IFI policies related to aid effectiveness; IFI policy on climate change; private-sector finance; and the financial sector's impact on development. read article... Memorandum by the Bretton Woods Project for the UK Treasury Committee Treasury Committee inquiry into the international dimension of the banking crisisThere are two major problems which interacted together to cause the crisis: the failure of the financial regulatory and supervisory systems and the failure of the international monetary system. These problems are outlined in written evidence submitted to trhe UK Treasury Committee. read article... IMF crisis response- discussionNotes of a meeting between the IMF and civil society organisations read article... Policy Support Instrument (PSI) - seminarNotes of discussion at World Bank Civil Society Forum, 23 April 2009 read article... G20 Summit and impacts on developing countriesSummary of IMF and World Bank presentations and the discussion afterwards read article... Spring meetings 2009: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G7, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2009This page will be updated regularly with the latest news from the 2009 World Bank and IMF spring meetings read article... |
Articles: 2499 Related itemsEvents
ResourcesUN Commission on the financial crisis, May 2009 draft of report (Stiglitz Commission) 29 May G20 London summit communiqué 2 April Prague Declaration 1 April IFC gender investment index 1 April CSO inputs to Stigliz commission 1 April UK civil society statement on emergency financing 1 April Revisión profunda del marco de trabajo del FMI 24 March IMF overhauls lending framework 24 March Declaración de Londres de los Sindicatos Globales (Global unions London declaration), ITUC 23 March Global unions London declaration 23 March Newswire |
home | subscribe | donate | search | help | contact
RSS.91: highlights | newswire |
validate: | XHTML | CSS | RSS | 508
powered by Action Apps | hosted by GreenNet | Credits
