Background

Rights

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Multilateral Development Banks & human rights: Issues, challenges, opportunities

Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights, Georgetown University Law Center The substance of lending safeguards…

7 April 2014

Accountability

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IMF technical assistance

Technical assistance is a form of non-financial assistance provided by the IMF with the aim of improving the implementation of economic policies. Technical assistance accounts for about one-quarter of the IMF's operating budget, of which approximately two-thirds of total technical assistance goes to low income and lower-middle income countries.

31 March 2014 | Inside the institutions

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Bretton Woods Project annual reports

For details of the work that the Bretton Woods Project does every day, please find…

10 March 2014 | Annual report (BWP)

Finance

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IMF lending facilities to low-income countries

The IMF has reformed lending facilities for low income countries, introducing three credit facilities; the Policy Support Instrument, a non-financing programme will monitor the mechanisms with a review expected in 2015.

27 February 2014 | Inside the institutions

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Prompting change in European attitudes toward the IMF’s development role and developing country debt management to help achieve the MDGs: 2013 - 2015

Since 2013, the Bretton Woods Project (an ActionAid hosted project), is working together with seven…

18 February 2014 | Items

IFI governance

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UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Gwen Hines

24 January 2014 Attendees World Bank: Gwen Hines, UK World Bank Executive Director UK government:…

3 February 2014 | Minutes

IFI governance

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The IFC’s development outcome tracking system

Since 2005 the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the Bank’s private sector arm) has used the Development Outcome Tracking System (DOTS) to track the development impact of all its investments and advisory work

23 January 2014 | Inside the institutions

IFI governance

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Recommended resources on the World Bank and IMF 2013

The best papers, books and electronic resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2013.

23 January 2014 | Resource

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Communications changes - what do you think?

Tell us what you think about our new publications and website - take part in a quick survey

3 December 2013 | Project news

IFI governance

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IMF transparency policy

A decision paper relating to IMF transparency policy was published in July but has not satisfied critics, particularly civil society groups.

3 December 2013 | Inside the institutions

Environment

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Guide through key CIF meeting documents

Read a pdf version of  CIFs Monitor 8 Clean Technology Fund and Strategic Climate Fund…

23 October 2013

Environment

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What are the CIFs?

Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) explained The World Bank-housed Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) are financing instruments…

23 October 2013