UK policy debatesInvolvement in, and oversight of the Bank and Fund by the government of the United Kingdom. Includes: UK structures, UK parliamentary oversight, UK ministerial announcements, civil society campaigning and advocacy. For more detail on the UK's role in the World Bank and IMF read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 100UK 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... The UK's role in the World Bank and IMF Department for International Development and HM TreasuryThis page outlines the structure of the UK government's interaction with the World Bank and the IMF. It provides contact information for the appropriate staff at the Department for International Development and HM Treasury who deal with the Bretton Woods institutions read article... UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Gwen Hines 3 December 2012Notes of a meeting with UK executive director to the World Bank Gwen Hines in December 2012 read article... UK Civil Society Meeting with UK IMF Executive Director Alex GibbsNotes of a meeting with UK executive director to the IMF Alex Gibbs in October 2012 read article... Notes of meeting between UK Executive Director to World Bank Susanna Moorehead and UK civil society organisations 18 July 2012Civil society organisations met UK Executive Director to the World Bank Susanna Moorehead and staff from the Department for International Development to discuss IDA, education finance, infrastructure finance, fragile states, agriculture and land, Doing Business rankings, Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. read article... UK civil society meeting UK IMF Executive Director Alex GibbsNotes of a meeting with UK executive director to the IMF Alex Gibbs in April 2012 read article... Notes of meeting between Stewart James, Alternate UK Executive Director to the World Bank, and NGOs 6th February 2012Civil society organisations met UK Executive Director to the World Bank and staff from the Department for International Development to discuss agriculture, land grabs, food security, the safeguards review process, the selection of the next World Bank president, the doing business indicators, and the debt sustainability framework. read article... Memorandum by the Bretton Woods Project for the UK Treasury Committee Treasury Committee inquiry into global imbalancesIt is widely accepted that global imbalances were a major contributing factor to the recent global financial crisis. In written evidence submitted to the UK Treasury Committee, we argue that there are four main underlying causes and three areas of major reform needed. read article... DFID's multilateral funding questionedThe UK parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the government's rationale for increasing funds to multilateral agencies, such as the World Bank. read article... Bank's procurement rules "rigid"The UK House of Commons International Development Committee (IDC) has expressed concerns that “when bidding for infrastructure projects, local contractors often do not stand a chance against international bidders, partly due to rigid rules used by multilateral development banks (MDBs) such as the European Union (EU) and the World Bank. ” read article... |
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