Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 spring meetings between World Bank executive directors and CSOs.
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IFI governance
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IMF Fiscal Forum - International Taxation: Opportunities & Risks
International Taxation: Opportunities & Risks Moderator Marin Verhoeven, World Bank Group Presenter: Vicky Perry,…
Accountability
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The Syrian migration crisis
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 Spring meetings discussion the socio-economic impacts of the Syrian crisis, the outgoing flow of migration and the World Bank’s model on how to tackle these issues following its new report.
Finance
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The Role of The World Bank and IMF in responsible and progressive taxation
Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, 2016; April 15 Sponsors: Christian Aid…
Conditionality
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IMF and World Bank’s Influence on Economic Policy Making in Developing Countries
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 Spring meetings, evaluating how well the World Bank and IMF have done on respecting the country ownership principle ten years after its international acceptance.
Social services
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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.
Rights
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Review and update of the World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies: Consultations report-out and accountability
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 spring meetings, reporting back on the World Bank's safeguards review.
Finance
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Political economy of structural reforms
Notes from an official event at the IMF/World Bank 2016 spring meetings on the political economy of structural reforms.
Gender
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Missing the bigger picture for women’s economic empowerment? Wages, labor and taxation policies in focus
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 Spring meetings, exploring human rights, social policy and gender equality, examining the IMF’s pilot surveillance work on inequality and gender and the World Bank’s new gender strategy.
IFI governance
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IMF & World Bank decision-making and governance (archive)
This Inside the Institutions examines the recent and ongoing reforms at the IMF and World Bank, and places them in context of existing structures and processes.
Rights
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IFI Development Policy Operations: How environmental and social standards apply
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 spring meetings, exploring possibilities for strengthening the management of social and environmental risk in policy lending.
IFI governance
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Recommended resources on the World Bank and IMF 2015
The best books and papers on the World Bank and IMF from 2015.
