The release of the final IDA paper in April confirmed that IDA 17 represents a 7.7 per cent decline in IDA resources. The replenishment saw a loan of $1 billion from China and less generous lending terms for IDA borrowers.
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Summary of a meeting between civil society organisations and the IFC on financial intermediary lending
IFC staff and NGO representatives discussed financial intermediaries lending in a closed door meeting on Sunday 13 April.
Reforming IMF conditionality. Where do we stand?
12 April 2014 Notes provided by Jeroen Kwakkenboes, Eurodad Sponsors: Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), EURODAD, Oxfam, ITUC Panelists: Bodo Ellmers (Senior Policy Officer, EURODAD), Kinda Mohamadieh (Policy Advisor, ANND), Peter Bakvis (ITUC Washington Representative), Ranil Salgado (IMF), CHAIR: Nicolas Mombrial (Head of Oxfam’s Washington Office) Presentations Bodo: Conditionality increased in recent days Includes conditions that… Read more »
World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2014
Bretton Woods Project coverage of the 2014 spring meetings with links to analysis of the communiqués and notes of key civil society and official meetings.
Update on WBG safeguard’s review process
Sponsor: WBG (Safeguards Review Team) Panelists: Stefan Koeberle (Director, Operational Policies Country Services), Mark King (Chief Officer, Environmental and Social Standards), Charles di Leva (Chief Counsel), Una Mead, Ida Mori CHAIR: Sumir Lal (Manager, Operational Communications Koeberle Presentation to CODE in late June, once endorsed can move to next phase of review We’ve made good… Read more »
Spring meetings 2014: communiqués coverage
Detailed analysis of the communiqués from the 2014 World Bank and IMF spring meetings.
The future of Doing Business
Sponsors: EURODAD, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), International Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages Panelists: Natalia Speer (Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for Brazil WBG), Sharan Burrow (General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation), Carlos Benavente (Hemispheric Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages), CHAIR: Aldo Caliari (Center of Concern) Aldo Caliari independent panel review of Doing Business, we had… Read more »
Climate risks and the World Bank
Sponsor: World Resources Institute (WRI) Panelists: Milap Patel (World Resources Institute), Nezir Sinani (Bank Information Center), Nicole Ghio (Sierra Club), Habiba Gitay (World Bank) CHAIR: Sara Aviel (US Executive Director, WBG) *partial notes* Sinani restructuring, climate cross cutting issue, global practices, IDA and safeguards discussions WRI research shows WB not doing good on climate, Kim… Read more »
Bridging the gap: scaling up investment into Africa’s infrastructure
Sponsors: NEPAD Business Group, African Business Roundtable Panelists: AfDB representative, Agnes Dasewicz, (Private Capital Group of Africa, USAID, Power Africa), Alfred Liu (private sector), Sipho Moyo (ONE) CHAIR: Eloho Otobo (Former Director, United Nation Peace Building Commission), Otobo how best using the existing mechanisms to fund infrastructure? Sovereign wealth funds new instrument available Can’t scale up… Read more »
CSOs – Inspection Panel meeting and discussion
Q: How do you train the board? Organise orientation of new Board members, are often slotted into this with other AMs Intense interaction w CODE over operating procedures Generally well aware of IP Update on recent developments gone to CODE on operating procedures, to be discussed how to implement related development, breakthrough on management playing… Read more »
Smart assessment: Capturing and managing human rights risks
Sponsor: Bank on Human Rights Panelists: Isabel Lavadenz-Paccieri (Former Ombudsperson for the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism, IDB), Dylan Tromp (Human Rights Technical Expert), Anne Sipilainen (Undersecretary of State for Development Cooperation, Government of Finland), Alan Rousso (Managing Director, External Action and Political Affairs, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development / EBRD), Johanna Suurpää (Senior Program Officer,… Read more »
Costly dams criticised
In March the Bank approved funding related to the controversial Inga 3 dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while an academic study finds large dams often are neither cost efficient nor carbon neutral.
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IMF surveillance and climate change transition risks
New briefing by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project highlights research showing that IMF policy advice has undermined a just energy transition since the Paris Agreement was signed.