IFI governance
Background
8 October 2014
Making PPPs work
Notes of a meeting on how to make PPPs work at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
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Social services
Analysis
28 September 2015
Throwing evidence to the wind? The World Bank continues pushing PPPs
The World Bank continues its strong marketing push for PPPs, despite concerns raised by IMF, IEG, civil society and the Bank’s own publications.
IFI governance
Background
11 October 2017 | Minutes
The challenges of financing infrastructure in developing countries through PPPs: A focus on contracts and laws
Notes from the 2017 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings session on financing infrastruure in Latin America through PPPs. This session aims to discuss the main challenges pose by the widespread promotion of PPPs and its impacts in particular Latin American cases.
Private Sector
News
6 December 2017
CSOs call on World Bank to halt its aggressive support of PPPs
152 CSOs call demand World Bank halt its aggressive support of PPPs, publicaly recognise their significant risks.
Private Sector
Analysis
4 April 2019
The IMF and PPPs: A master class in double-speak
As IMF warns of fiscal risks to PPPs, it continues to back them through policy advice and fiscal consolidation.
Gender
News
30 July 2019
Civil society left unconvinced as World Bank promotes PPPs as tool for gender equality
The World Bank launches a new primer on PPPs and gender equality as civil society and women’s rights groups highlight concerns around risks and harmful impacts to gender equality and sustainable development.
Knowledge
News
6 August 2014
Who’s poor? New estimates of PPPs led to halving of World Bank’s poverty numbers
A May World Bank-led statistical operation has used a new method to estimate purchasing power parities, allowing it to more than halve the estimated number of people living on below $1.25 per day.
Social services
Analysis
5 April 2016 | Guest analysis
PPPs as a model for development: An analysis of the African context
Public-private partnerships are pushed in Africa, but the risks and costs must be fully understood and minimised, including the impact on the poor.
Finance
Analysis
5 April 2016
World Bank rolls out the carpet for “troubled megaprojects” and PPPs
The World Bank and other multilateral development banks continue to push for public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects, despite concerns of debt risks and lack of transparency.
Social services
Background
15 April 2016 | Minutes
What standards for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)? Analysing the role of the World Bank Group
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 spring meetings on the role of the World Bank as standard setters for public-private partnerships.
Finance
Analysis
29 September 2014
Where is the public in PPPs? Analysing the World Bank’s support for public-private partnerships
A review of the World Bank’s support for public-private partnerships by the Independent Evaluation Group reveals a lack of proven poverty impacts.
Social services
Background
4 October 2016 | Minutes
PPP civil society strategy session
Notes from a PPP civil society strategy session taking place during the week of the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2016.
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World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2022
6 April 2022
The Bretton Woods Observer: Spring 2022
6 April 2022
How IMF and World Bank support for financialisation undermines human rights
IMF and World Bank policies and programmes work in tandem to expand and deepen financialisation, exacerbating the inequality crisis and harming human rights, financial stability and democratic governance