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The IMF’s ESAF: is it working?
In August the IMF produced a “question and answer” paper on its Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility.
Bank resettlement policy conversion
In July some NGOs received letters from Maninder Gill at the World Bank seeking comments on the proposed conversion of its Operational Directive (OD) on Resettlement.
Coal mines threaten tiger corridors in India
Indian NGO INTACH has been studying the likely impact of the World Bank-supported expansion of coal mining in Bihar on wild tigers.
Bank feels heat on waste incineration
A report launched in June condemns World Bank support for medical waste incineration.
China arrests project monitors
On 15 August the Chinese Government arrested three people for trying to investigate the World Bank Western Poverty Project.
Roleplay Reflections
At noon on the second day of the Terschelling meeting, five of us were lured away from the peak of the discussions to “role-play” a World Bank public consultation.
Questioning the Growth Model – Related Readings
A selected list of materials made available at the Terschelling meeting, and some further relevant publications.
Growth Accounting – Select Glossary
These definitions of selected growth accounting and international financial institution terms are taken from various reports, explaining especially the current World Bank usages.
Terschelling discussion groups
Days two and three of the Terschelling meeting were conducted as small breakout groups, interspersed by short plenary discussions.
An Alternative African Recovery Model
Many African economists, NGO representatives and others have debated the World Bank and IMF’s approaches to economic reform in the continent.
The Growth Model: Hard Wired and Hard to Change
The World Bank, and the IMF, have difficult missions: poverty alleviation through environmentally sustainable growth.
Featured briefings
6 April 2022
The Bretton Woods Observer: Spring 2022
8 December 2021
The Bretton Woods Observer: Winter 2021
8 November 2021
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.