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From Seville to the CSPF: Reimagining IMF governance for a multilateralism fit for purpose
This session built on FfD4 outcomes to explore how UN-led processes, feminist and regional movements, and IMF/WBG reform reviews can embed rights-aligned, gender-responsive, climate-just principles into global economic governance.
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Cross-institutional collaboration in times of multilateral fragmentation; challenges and opportunities in IMF-UN collaboration
This CSPF session explored opportunities to strengthen IMF-UN collaboration at the country level.
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Fuelling authoritarianism: The role of the Fund and Bank in eroding the social contract
BWIs’ policies continue to contribute to the rise of populism, authoritarianism and backlash against multilateralism despite the institutions’ long-standing concerns and rhetorical support for reform.
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The Bretton Woods twins and the Trump tariffs: Implications for the Global South
The US’s decision to forsake core tenets of neoliberalism potentially deepens IMF’s crisis of legitimacy.
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Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development exposes continued lack of commitment to address systemic issues
Despite the watered down consensus at FfD4, follow up opportunities must be seized upon to advance the agenda of international financial architecture reform in the coming years.
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Civil society demands unconditional debt relief in Jubilee year
In critical Jubilee year, civil society and Global South nations called for debt relief and UN-led debt workout mechanism at FfD4.
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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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As Global North blocks progressive reforms at FfD4, World Bank’s failed private sector approach gains traction
As Global North obstructs global finance and debt architecture reforms proposed at FfD4, the World Bank’s failed “billions to trillions” approach continues to gain prominence.
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The World Bank shareholding review – reform or ritual?
Focusing on the 2025 Shareholding Review, this Inside the Institutions explores power asymmetries within the World Bank and growing calls for equitable, transparent and accountable governance reform.
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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.
