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Joint CSO letter calls for IMF to strengthen consultation and accountability
Over 100 CSOs urge the Fund to strengthen consultation practices and adopt binding standards to improve accountability.
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Civil society calls for an end to the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ and a merit-based, open and transparent MD selection process
Civil society calls for the IMF to ensure the next MD selection process is undertaken in accordance with a merit-based, open and transparent process, underpinned by criteria involving a demonstrated commitment to international human rights, feminist principles, green and equitable development, as well as publicly available shareholder votes.
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Civil society calls for a meaningful Quota Reform that accurately reflects the changes in the global economy to ensure a fair representation of all member countries
Civil society calls upon the IMF to implement a meaningful quota reform by June 2025 and prioritise realignment of shares to reflect more accurately the changes in the global economy and address representation issues
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Civil society demands the end of the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ and calls for merit-based, open and transparent World Bank presidential selection process
Via e-mail To: World Bank executive directors Cc: World Bank President, David Malpass; Managing Director of Operations, Axel van Trotsenburg; Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer, Anshula Kant; Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Administrative Officer, Shaolin Yang; Acting Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, Mamta Murthi; Senior Vice President and…
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Open civil society letter on WBG gender strategy update
53 civil society organisations call on the World Bank to open and robust public consultation on the World Bank’s forthcoming Gender Strategy update as the current FY16-23 strategy comes to an end.
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Civil society organizations urge end to IMF surcharges to finance climate action instead
More than 300 organisations and individuals call upon the IMF to urgently address one of the most glaring and easily rectifiable contradictions between its stated support for a just transition and its actions by immediately ending its surcharge policy.
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To support the global economy, G7 should call for IMF to remove harmful surcharges
CSOs urge the G7 to take action to support debt-distressed economies by calling for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to immediately end its harmful surcharge policy.
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It’s just the tip of the iceberg: civil society organisations call for an overhaul of the World Bank following the Doing Business Report scandal
More than 140 CSO groups and individuals call on the World Bank to focus on grappling with the harms caused by its undemocratic governance structure and biased publications like the Doing Business Report, and to take measures to decolonise the institution.
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Civil society calls for public comment period on new IMF guidance note for staff on surveillance
CSOs write an open letter to IMF management calling for increased public scrutiny of Fund’s operationalisation of 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review.
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More than 150 groups call for the IMF to end its “unfair” and “counterproductive” surcharges
Over 160 civil society organizations from around the world are calling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end the “unfair” and “counterproductive” surcharges attached to its lending to the most heavily indebted countries. The open letter was sent to the IMF Executive Board on 7 April ahead of the 2022 IMF and World Bank’s…