The IMF has put itself out of step with Europe on the issue of financial transaction taxes.
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World Bank Group strategy: who benefits?
A new World Bank Group strategy will be signed off at the 2013 annual meetings. It prioritises greater use of the private sector and “transformational engagements”, but criticisms continue over the Bank’s desire to tell countries what to do.
CIF civil society and indigenous peoples observers
Africa Asia/Pacific Latin America Developed countries Indigenous peoples CTF Joseph Adelegan, Global Network for Environment and Economic Development Research, Nigeria Elpidio Peria, Biodiversity, Innovation, and Trade Society Policy Centre, Philippines Sergio Sanchez, Clean Air Institute, Mexico Clifford Polycarp, World Resources Institute, USA SCF Judy Ndichu, Transparency International, Kenya Archana Godbole, Applied Environmental Research Foundation,… Read more »
Foreclosing the future
Drawing on case studies, reports and evaluations, Bruce Rich paints a picture of a Bank still inflicting suffering on vulnerable populations, and calls on Bank president Jim Yong Kim to show real leadership so that the Bank can learn from experience rather than flee from it.
Alto Maipo endangers Santiago water supply
Chilean civil society groups demand that a controversial hydroelectric project, which is projected to have a negative impact on environment and Santiago’s supply of drinking water, be reconsidered.
Why the IMF must cancel Pakistan’s debt
Alongside development and economic issues, Pakistan will be tackling the debt repayments that the country is scheduled to make in the next two years and beyond thanks to a $6.64 billion IMF loan agreement. The debt burden is suffocating public spending.
First ever real-terms drop in IDA agreed
As the negotiations on the 17th replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) pass the half way mark, a real-terms drop in IDA and stingier terms for borrowers have been agreed. The discussion has focussed largely on the private sector and fragile states.
Civil society meeting with Stewart James, UK Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank
Minutes of CSO meeting with Stewart James, UK Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank, 15 July 2013
BRICS without mortar
On the sidelines of this week’s G20 summit, BRICS nations are expected to reveal details of how their proposed $100 billion alternative to the IMF will operate.
El Banco Mundial carece de liderazgo en materia de género
Un informe de abril de 2013, por la ONG estadounidense Acción por la Igualdad de Género comparó las políticas de género de las IFIs. Los resultados mostraron que el Banco Mundial ocupaba el tercer lugar, después del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y del Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (BAD).
Year 2 of the Tunisian revolution: Private profit vs public interest
In October 2012, the Tunisian government submitted a draft bill to the Constituent Assembly to shape a legal and institutional framework favourable to public-private partnerships (PPP).
BWP Communications Strategy 2013
Please follow the link to find the Bretton Woods Project’s 2013 Communications strategy. Communications review FINAL 04.06.14
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