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Amazonian groups call for reform of financial architecture and end to extractivism
FOSPA challenges BWIs role in financing extractive development, calling for debt cancellation, climate finance and respect for territorial rights.
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US pressure puts regional MDBs’ climate finance commitments at risk
Current US government pressures regional MDBs to roll back climate commitments, as civil society calls for financing for just energy transition.
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The Bretton Woods Institutions in Asia: Exploitation, path dependencies and persistent contradictions
In this Special Issue, BWP partners analyse the legacy of BWIs policies and prescriptions in the Asian region in key areas including industrial policy, gender and accountability, among others.
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Building what was never built for us: The Borrowers’ Platform and the fight to correct sovereign risk
New Borrowers’ Platform marks significant step to address key flaws and power imbalances prevalent in international financial architecture.
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World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan extended despite US pressure
World Bank’s 45 per cent climate finance target ‘retired’ after US criticism, with IEG review expected to shape future of CCAP.
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New World Bank mineral and metals strategy challenged to avoid pitfalls of extractionist approach
Despite focus on country mining compacts, World Bank’s new mineral and metals strategy, likely to struggle to escape previous extractionist pitfalls.
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New Independent Evaluation Office report calls for stronger integration of climate into IMF surveillance and lending
IEO findings echo civil society concerns about IMF’s climate work, with its focus on austerity in surveillance and lending not assessed for its impact on countries’ climate action.
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Fuelling inequality: The gendered impacts of World Bank and IMF fuel subsidy removal
This research provides evidence of the negative gendered impacts of fuel subsidy removal policies in Egypt, Kenya and Bangladesh.
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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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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.
