World Bank/IMF rolesDebate on the mandates and responsibilities of the Bank and IMF. Includes: Division of responsibilities, reform/abolish debates, mission creep, evaluation bodies, role of the Bank and Fund in conflict-affected countries, IMF/WB/WTO coherence and relations with UN agencies. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 616Time for a new consensus Regulating financial flows for stability and development
This report explains the drawbacks, especially for development, of policies to deregulate the movement of money across borders, and makes suggestions for a new pragmatic approach to regulation of financial flows to ensure stability and development. read article... Breaking the Mould How Latin America is coping with volatile capital flowsArgentina, Brazil and Costa Rica are among the countries that have recently implemented capital account regulations. This report reviews the evidence available on the impact of their measures, providing evidence of the usefulness of capital account regulations not only in achieving financial stability but also in preventing unwarranted appreciation of the exchange rate and increasing monetary policy space. read article... IFIs macroeconomic policy "anti-growth""Why have the policy tutors performed so miserably and the pupils so brilliantly?", wondered Professor John Weeks of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in an October article for Social Europe Journal. read article... IMF's "trusted advisor" role to be scrutinisedThe IMF's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has released an issues paper describing how it will assess whether the IMF has strengthened its 'trusted advisor' role since 2005. read article... Little currency for global money?While the G20 postponed decisions on issuing new special drawing rights (SDRs), the IMF-managed international reserve asset, the IMF completed its surveillance review and a new Fund report tackled the thorny issue of global imbalances. read article... No fairy tale Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investmentsAs debates continue at the World Bank about its lending for new coal-fired power plants, residents of the Indian district of Singrauli, the country's coal capital, still live with the lasting social and environmental impacts of decades of coal-related projects and ask why the Bank has never returned to fully address what has been left in the wake of its investments in the region. read article... IMF plays "second fiddle" as governments fall in the eurozoneAs the eurozone debt crisis escalates and protests multiply, the IMF increasingly appears side-lined. Italy's calling in of the Fund for "verification" of implementation of its EU-agreed austerity package symbolises the limits of its influence and resources. read article... Civil Society Strategy Meeting on the Doing Business rankingsNotes of a meeting, Washington DC, 21 September 2011 read article... CSO Roundtable with Lars ThunelNotes of a meeting, Washington DC, 21 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... |
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Time for a new consensus: Regulating financial flows for stability and development 15 December 2011
Breaking the Mould: How Latin America is coping with volatile capital flows 15 December 2011
No fairy tale: Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investments 18 November 2011
Navigating complex dilemmas: the Bank on violence, conflict and peace building 16 September 2011
A faulty model?: What the Green Climate Fund can learn from the Climate Investment Funds 21 June 2011
Question time for candidates! Public debate needed for IMF leadership post 10 June 2011 ResourcesProgram-for-Results 24 January IMF should stay out of the eurozone crisis 22 January Call to action 18 January The euro-area crisis: Weighing options for unconventional IMF interventions 15 December Power to the people? 2 December Unclear on the concept 30 November No soil carbon markets 22 November Breaking up? A route out of the eurozone crisis 10 November Griffiths-Jones et al: Capital account regulations for stability and development 6 November IMF triennial surveillance review 31 October Newswire |
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