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Indermit Gill retires from his post as World Bank Chief Economist
As Gill retires, the Bank welcomes Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as his successor.
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The Bretton Woods twins: How do the World Bank and IMF work together?
This Inside the Institutions focuses on BWI’s cooperation, their policy approaches and how their influence on development and macroeconomic policy have increasingly converged, alongside ongoing debates about their harmful impact on development and human rights outcomes.
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World Bank Group distracted by internal restructure and reforms
World Bank Group undergoes opaque internal restructuring, as part of President Ajay Banga’s wider reform agenda, with limited public details and concerns about shareholder pressure to cut costs.
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Banga’s decision to join 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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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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IMF launches review of its civil society engagement strategy amid increased protests against its policies
Public consultation on IMF’s review of its 2015 civil society engagement strategy opens amid increased protests to IMF policies in programme countries.
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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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UN80: A missed opportunity for transformation?
Member states must deliver on strategic transformation that enables UN to respond to growing crises.
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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.
