Items 1 to 10 of 2324Annual Meetings 2008: 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 annual meetings 2008At this year's annual meetings, the focus will of course be on the financial crisis gripping the rich countries of the world. Questions remain as to whether important issues around the World Banks role in climate change and its even governance structure will get the attention they deserve. read article... Transparency at the World Bank and IMF Notes of an open Global Transparency Initiative meeting, Washington October 9, 2008Links to GTI principles, reviews of Bank performance on transparency, and a new paper on IMF transparency. read article... Highlights: Meeting of UK NGOs with UK Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank 5 September 2008 meeting with Caroline SergaentMeeting between UK NGOs and UK Alternate Execituve Director to the World Bank Caroline Sergeant on 5 September 2008. read article... European NGO statement on Bank governance reform Please sign on by end October!European governments, who hold eight chairs and have over 30% of the vote at the Bank, have a special responsibility to push for reform. We, the undersigned organisations, call upon our European governments to back a progressive proposal for transformation of the World Bank that includes the key reforms below. read article... Persistentes puntos ciegos en el informe Doing BusinessThe latest Doing Business report fails to address key points of an independent evaluation read article... El Banco paga sueldos de pobreza a los trabajadoresLa Red Sindical Internacional está luchando para que el Banco Mundial asegure el pago de salarios justos a sus trabajadores de seguridad read article... Otro comité sobre la gobernabilidad del FMIEl director gerente del FMI, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ha designado otro comité más de "eminentes personalidades" para intentar arreglar los problemas del Fondo en torno a su gobernabilidad interna. read article... Annual Meetings 2008: Communiqués coverageNews|10 October Coverage 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 annual meetings 2008News|10 October At this year's annual meetings, the focus will of course be on the financial crisis gripping the rich countries of the world. Questions remain as to whether important issues around the World Banks role in climate change and its even governance structure will get the attention they deserve. read article... Highlights: Meeting of UK NGOs with UK Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank 5 September 2008 meeting with Caroline SergaentMinutes|9 October Meeting between UK NGOs and UK Alternate Execituve Director to the World Bank Caroline Sergeant on 5 September 2008. read article... European NGO statement on Bank governance reform Please sign on by end October!Statement|9 October European governments, who hold eight chairs and have over 30% of the vote at the Bank, have a special responsibility to push for reform. We, the undersigned organisations, call upon our European governments to back a progressive proposal for transformation of the World Bank that includes the key reforms below. read article... El Banco sigue adelante con el mercado de carbono forestalNews|8 October En julio, el Banco nombró a los primeros 14 países para su nuevo y polémico fondo. read article... El Banco falla en relación al medio ambiente: el GEI revela falta de coherenciaNews|8 October En julio, el vigilante interno del Banco Mundial publicó una evaluación acerca del historial del Banco en relación al medio ambiente. Dejando de lado la refinada redacción, el informe encuentra que el Banco ha tenido un desempeño deficiente en lo que refiere a una integración coherente de las metas medioambientales a sus estrategias de país y carteras de inversión. read article... El FMI, el espacio fiscal y el desarrolloNews|8 October Los programas del FMI para países de bajo ingreso restringen las opciones con las que cuentan los gobiernos en materia de financiamiento para el desarrollo y manejo de compensaciones. read article... "Sin remordimientos": El Banco y el cambio climáticoNews|7 October El Banco Mundial acaba de finalizar consultas sobre su nuevo marco estratúgico para el trabajo en materia de cambio climático, el cual presenta un denominador común: un papel inmensamente mayor a ser desempeñado por el Banco. Sin embargo, es poca la reflexión en torno a las razones por las que el historial del Banco en esta área es tan deficiente, según lo detallado por cierta cantidad de informes recientes. read article... |
Articles: 2324 CounterBalance, a new European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations formed specifically to challenge the European Investment Bank (EIB), has launched its website. The EIB is the world's largest public lender. Find out more about it from CounterBalance. Newswire |
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