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... Items 1 to 10 of 662Response letter from IFC on investment in the financial sectorThank you for your email letter addressed to Dr. Jim Kim, President of the World Bank Group, dated 12th March 2013, and your clarifying email of 27th March, relating to IFC investments in the financial sector. In this regard, following Dr Kim's response to you, he has asked us to provide a detailed response to your messages. read article... UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Gwen Hines 9 April 2013Notes of a meeting with UK executive director to the World Bank Gwen Hines in April 2013 read article... All you need to know: World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2013The 2013 spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF will take place from 18 to 20 April in Washington, DC. You will be able find links below to analysis of the communiqués as well as notes of some of the civil society and official meetings, as they become available. read article... Spring meetings 2013: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G20, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2013 spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... From the Arab revolutions to global austerity trendsThis session examined issues thrown up by the Arab revolutions, including the fiscal, monetary, tax and investment policies being considered by governments facilitating, or hindering countries in the Arab and other regions in building an inclusive economy and supporting socioeconomic recovery, the impact on public expenditure for the strengthening of education, health, and other social sectors as well as the management of chronic and high unemployment and high food and fuel prices. read article... IDA results and replenishment Event at the civil society policy forum on 18 April 2013Minutes of an event at the 2013 spring meetings read article... Leveraging private finance with public money: Positive Innovation? Corporate Welfare?This event explored how modalities to "leverage" the private sector are beginning to appear in different ways in the World Bank and donors' agenda, and the challenges they pose. read article... What next for the eurozone? Macroeconomic policy and the recessionCenter for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) sponsored discussion on macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone, and the challenges to restoring employment and growth. read article... Discussion on IMF jobs and growth policiesCenter for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) sponsored discussion on macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone, and the challenges to restoring employment and growth. read article... After recent court decisions: how can sovereign debt workouts become fair, comprehensive and accountable?This session examines the challenges which recent court decisions pose to sovereign debt workouts that allow for burden-sharing and take into account the social development needs of debtor countries. read article... |
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