World Bank/IMF governanceIssues relating to the governance of the Bank and Fund by their member countries. Includes: Governance structures, Parliamentary scrutiny, transparency, accountability, complaint mechanisms, governance structures, evaluation mechanisms, spring/annual meetings read read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 532IMF in a euromess?The IMF responds to calls from European leaders to get more involved in the European debt crisis through greater lending to the region, however, the austerity policies being demanded are stoking further criticism from civil society organisations. read article... New World Bank corporate scorecard: adding value?After discussions with the executive board and staff, but no public consultation, the Bank released a "corporate scorecard" in September, aiming to provide "a snapshot of the Bank's overall performance" to help "strategic dialogue between management and the board on progress made and areas that need attention." read article... UK civil society meeting with HM Treasury and UK IMF Executive DirectorNotes meeting Alex Gibbs September 2011 read article... Annual meetings 2011: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G20, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2011 annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2011Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2011. This page is being updated regularly. read article... Tribunal increases protection for World Bank whistleblowersIn June the World Bank Administrative Tribunal, an internal justice body that oversees the treatment of employees, ordered the Bank to reinstate a former staff member, John Kim, who was fired in 2007 for telling a journalist about conflicts between former Bank president Paul Wolfowitz and the Bank's board of directors. read article... IMF may face resource shortfall, warns LagardeIn late July, IMF head Christine Lagarde raised the prospect that the IMF simply does not have enough money to confront the possibility of major sovereign debt crises in Europe. read article... 2011 World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings scheduleTentative schedule of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington DC, from 21 to 26 September, 2011. read article... IFC weakens World Bank's transparency commitmentThe new access to information policy at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, has been criticised for being weaker than its public sector counterpart, and for allowing sweeping exceptions. read article... Scandals threaten IFI governance IMF, World Bank leaders accusedWith the new IMF head and a Bank’s managing director under judicial investigation, questions continue to be asked about IFI governance, while implementation of existing reforms remains slow. read article... |
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IFI governance reform: Short-changing developing countries? 28 September 2010
Analysis of World Bank voting reforms: Governance remains illegitimate and outdated 30 April 2010
Fundamental change or more of the same?: A review of G20 progress towards UK civil society recommendations 22 April 2010 Resourcesworldbankpresident.org 19 January worldbankpresident.org 17 January World Bank corporate scorecard 2011 23 September Factsheet: Where the IMF gets its money 14 September Appropriations committee releases 2012 state and foreign operations appropriations bill 26 July US NGO letter to Congress on energy strategy and capital increase 19 July World Bank Tribunal Affirms Privacy and Free Speech Rights 22 June IMF executive board initiates selection process for next IMF managing director 20 May |
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