6 December 2017
Every year, the Bretton Woods Project publishes a selection of recommended critical resources on the World Bank and IMF (see Recommended Resources for 2016 and 2015). If you have suggestions of films, books, reports and papers published in 2017 that would be useful to our readership and community, please let us know using the subject line, ‘2017 resources’ at info@brettonwoodsproject.org .
Bretton Woods Project publishes its selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2022.
Bretton Woods Project publishes its selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2021.
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2019.
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2018.
This Inside the Institutions looks at the Doing Business report and retraces key steps in its history and development, explains how ratings are calculated and outlines some of the main criticisms regarding its methodology and ideological background.
Request for critical IMF and World Bank resources of 2017.
Forecasting models are crucial to how the Fund performs its role as lender and global economic monitor, but the assumptions underpinning these models are frequently derided as unrealistic.
Bretton Woods Project launches new communications including new publications and a redesigned website.
Bretton Woods Project publishes its selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2022.
Civil society calls for urgent evaluation of Doing Business impacts as the World Bank announces a rebranded Business Enabling Environment Project, failing to address underlying issues.
More than 140 CSO groups and individuals call on the World Bank to focus on grappling with the harms caused by its undemocratic governance structure and biased publications like the Doing Business Report, and to take measures to decolonise the institution.
Significant victory for global civil society and movements as World Bank ends Doing Business Report
Bretton Woods Project publishes its selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2021.
World Bank announces relaunch of Doing Business Report in approximately two years.
World Bank plans to publish latest DBR in March and undertake an external review of the report’s methodology.
REPORTS 1. World Bank and IMF Covid-19 response: Covid-19 crisis: IMF told countries…
Civil society, trade unions and academics call for permanent end of Doing Business Report as World Bank suspends its publication due to data irregularities.
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2019.
At the 80th anniversary of the World Bank and IMF, global civil society must maintain pressure on the Brazilian and South African G20 presidencies to ensure the forth Financing for Development Conference in 2025 results in urgently required international financial architecture reform.
Multilateral development banks can reduce their dependence on hard currency lending and make local currency financing a central element of their developmental mandate.
