World Bank Staff Association's call for permanent cancellation of Spring Meetings and its CSPF raises long-standing concerns about the need for improved civil society engagement by the Bank and Fund.
Analysis of the Development Committee communiqué published on 17 April.
Analysis of the G20 communiqué published on 15 April.
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 16 April, from the 2020 World Bank and IMF virtual Spring Meetings.
Analysis of the G24 communiqué released on 14 April.
World Bank board approves Tanzania education loan amid pregnant schoolgirls re-admission ban.
Ghana left with $250 million bill for unused gas in 2019 primarily due to ‘take or pay’ clause in Bank-supported PPP contract.
25 years after Beijing Declaration, austerity and privatisation still modus operandi of Bretton Woods Institutions at the cost of women's rights.
The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries’ official reserves. It serves as the unit of account of the IMF and some other international organisations, including the World Bank, and based on five currencies—the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound sterling and, from 2016, the Chinese renminbi.
Bretton Woods Project 1st floor, 33-39 Bowling Green Ln, Farringdon London EC1R 0BJ (United Kingdom)…
World Bank board announces Inspection Panel reform package to a mixed reception
CSO framework evaluates consequences of private sector activity on right to health.
World Bank's ‘innovative’ health financing instrument proved to be slow and late.
Accountability Console provides complete database of Independent Accountability Mechanism complaints.
Fund’s 15th review of quotas delayed as US blocks redistribution of voting rights.
CAO initiates investigation following complaint related to IFC-funded Bridge International Academies in Kenya.
