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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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A closer look at the World Bank’s revised Country Partnership Framework
This Inside the Institutions explores the World Bank’s revised Country Partnership Framework, which aims to boost the impact of its country programmes through focus and efficiency.
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New report debunks claims that inadequate MDB transparency results from private sector concerns
Amid underwhelming private capital mobilisation, new report underscores poor state of transparency and disclosure of private sector finance by multilateral development banks and development finance institutions.
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CSOs call for mandatory and meaningful consultation at the IMF
Civil society organisations call for consultation on the design of policies that significantly impact states and citizens.
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Demanding accountability: Response to reports of a child sexual abuse cover up at the World Bank
A joint statement from 34 global civil society organizations regarding the extremely disturbing reports of a child sexual abuse cover-up by World Bank Group officials in connection with IFC’s investment in Bridge International Academies in Kenya.
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Banga’s arrival raises concerns about deepening of World Bank’s private sector bias
Banga takes office as civil society urges him to invert the Cascade and ensure the Bank’s development model is fit for purpose.
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World Bank’s failure to disclose details of climate finance accounting opens its claim to be leading green financier to scrutiny
Newly released study by Oxfam finds that the Bank’s claims of climate finance for FY2020 could be off by as much as 40 per cent, or $7 billion, highlighting the urgent need for greater public disclosure.
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New IMF surveillance tool launched
Bretton Woods Project publishes new online tool to search IMF Article IV reports.
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UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson
Notes of a meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson on 22 September 2017.
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Bank and Fun(d)speak of the year 2017
Every year the Bretton Woods Project highlights some of the most farcical remarks of Fund and World Bank staff.
