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Enabling remedy strategies for the effective implementation of IFC’s interim Remedial Action Framework
This session discussed the IFC’s Interim Approach to Remedial Action (RAF), the first such remedy framework by a major DFI.
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Financing caring economies beyond extraction: Feminist perspectives on tax justice, AI and development
Feminist panellists interrogated AI’s rapid expansion, asking whose labour powers these systems and who is left out – and how to prevent digital capitalism from deepening existing patterns of extraction and inequality.
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From “unaffordability” to rights: Claiming fiscal space for universal social security
This session discussed how, for years, universal social security has been portrayed as fiscally unaffordable. However, new research and regional case studies challenge this assumption.
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The IMF Review of Conditionality: Putting the IMF’s money where its research is
This session examined whether the Fund learns from research, highlighting gaps in growth realism, fiscal policy, social spending, and political economy reforms.
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Authorized to rebuild? Who governs reconstruction in conflict-affected states in 2026?
This session discussed how, globally, post-war reconstruction is increasingly governed before rebuilding even begins.
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Strained multilateralism: Post‑Seville commitments, IMF responsibilities and a rights‑aligned economic order
This session advanced discussions on the IMF’s responsibilities within a fragmented global governance landscape.
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Mission 300 & clean cooking: Delivering energy access, gender justice and health at scale
This session explored how national energy compacts can deliver affordable, accessible cooking solutions at scale through financing models, policy alignment, and accountability mechanisms.
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What is a good job: Designing employment policy for decent work and economic transformation
As the World Bank Group finalises its “More and Better Jobs” indicator, this session discussed approaches to measuring job quality that promote decent work, support formalisation, and enable socio-economic transformation.
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How can DPFs promote equitable energy access and accomplish climate objectives?
This CSPF session examined how DPF advance national climate goals, how their contributions are assessed and reported and way to improve them.
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IMF comprehensive surveillance review: looking back and forward
This session discussed the IMF’s upcoming comprehensive review of conditionality, and civil society calls to ensure future IMF policy advice supports long-term stability and equitable economic outcomes.
