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Banga’s decision to join US-led Board of Peace raises questions about World Bank’s commitment to multilateralism
Bank’s role as trustee for Board of Peace’s Gaza Reconstruction and Development Fund, and Banga’s involvement in board, condemned by civil society.
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Grading the World Bank Group on climate justice principles: A scorecard on the Bank’s 2025 climate finance
BWP’s scorecard gives World Bank’s a C- on its reported climate finance for FY 2025.
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Critical minerals and the new development dilemma: What the WBG’s new strategy must get right
World Bank’s new mining strategy requires a new approach informed by critical review of what has worked.
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Call for just transition becomes COP30 rallying cry, as doubts remain over MDBs’ growing climate finance role
Global South unions call for ‘clean break’ with World Bank’s ‘billions to trillions’ approach in the energy sector.
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IDA21 policy package disappoints as prospects for IDA countries continue to darken
After difficult negotiations due to American pressure on climate and gender, World Bank governors approve IDA21 document, embedding the Bank’s problematic private sector-led development approach and failing to integrate economic transformation or binding human rights obligations.
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Ghana’s gas debt provides cautionary tale as World Bank reconsiders support for upstream gas projects
After following World Bank energy reform model, government faced with crippling debts and high energy costs.
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Spring Meetings 2025 Wrap-up: Don’t look up! Bank and Fund leadership self-censors on climate change and gender issues, as US tariffs rock global economic outlook
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicates US will stay in the Bank and Fund, claiming “America First does not mean America alone,” as tariffs and rising debt vulnerabilities prompt gloomy forecast.
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Civil society calls for FfD4 to revive ‘spirit of Monterrey’ and reassert UN’s role in global economic governance
The role of Bretton Woods Institutions remains a key point of contention, amidst their stark governance deficits.
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Missing in action: accountability is noticeably absent from the World Bank Group’s new Corporate Scorecard
The Corporate Scorecard’s accountability gap is symptomatic of a broader failure on the part of the WBG to fully internalise, integrate and learn from the work of its accountability mechanisms.
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MIGA’s new guarantee for voluntary carbon markets risks shielding big polluters
CSOs warn MIGA’s proposal at COP29 to de-risk carbon markets for private investors could shield polluters from accountability, leaving local communities to bear the costs.
