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IFC Sustainability Framework Review
This Inside the Institutions critically analyses the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) review of its Sustainability Framework, amidst intensifying scrutiny of its harmful investments.
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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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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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Problematising the Bank’s reliance on financial inclusion, from the gender strategy to the corporate scorecard
Notes from a Civil Society Policy Forum panel on 22 October titled ‘Problematising the Bank’s Reliance on Financial Inclusion, from the Gender Strategy to the Corporate Scorecard’.
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What is the World Bank & IMF debt sustainability framework for low-income countries?
This Inside the Institutions examines the joint World Bank and IMF Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF) for low-income countries (LICs) and evaluates its impact on LICs’ ability to maintain fiscal space for development and climate goals.
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What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)?
This Inside the Institutions explores the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s private sector arm. It examines the function of the IFC as a development institution focused solely on private sector solutions to development and considers civil society critiques.
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Adequate disclosure, public review, and consultation for environmental and social impacts before World Bank Group financing decisions
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum on 19 April 2024 titled, “Adequate disclosure, public review, and consultation for environmental and social impacts before World Bank Group financing decisions”.
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Beyond size in IDA21 replenishment: What about socio-economic transformation?
Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum panel 19 April titled, “Beyond size in IDA21 replenishment: What about soci0-economic transformation?”
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Making the new Loss and Damage Fund a success – Recommendations by climate vulnerable civil society
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 18 April 2024 titled, “Making the new Loss and Damage Fund a success – Recommendations by climate vulnerable civil society”
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The polycrisis: How unchecked public debt fuels corruption and bad governance
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum on 18 April titled “The polycrisis: How unchecked public debt fuels corruption and bad governance.”
