NGOs’ letter to Gordon Brown, Chair of the International Monetary and Finance Committee, to express their concerns about the proposed structure for the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF and to suggest alternative features which are essential for ensuring an effective, transparent IEO.
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New Bretton Woods Project report on capital flow implications
The Bretton Woods Project is about to publish a report examining the role of the World Bank and IMF in promoting private investment in developing countries, and the true costs and benefits of international financial flows.
Accountability
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Bank governance work examined
The roles of the World Bank in promoting good governance and democracy are assessed in two new papers.
Conditionality
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Turkish students in anti-IMF protest
Turkish students protested against the International Monetary Fund and the government’s austerity programme in May.
Rights
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New SAP alerts
US-based NGO Globalization Challenge Initiative has launched a “Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) Information Alert” service.
Conditionality
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Nigerian parliament rejects IMF
In July, the Nigerian House of Representatives adopted a non-binding motion urging the federal government to suspend all activities in respect of an IMF standby loan until the conditions were made public.
Knowledge
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Report on transition safety nets
Forthcoming research by Save the Children Fund examines the record of “safety net” social programmes in formerly socialist countries.
Conditionality
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Slovaks condemn WB-IMF collusion
Friends of the Earth Slovakia has complained about the World Bank’s requirement that the government agree a programme with the IMF before it can access Bank loans.
Rights
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Prague plans
The annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF will be the occasion for high-level official decision-making about the future of the institutions as well as protests and alternative discussions among civil society groups.
Finance
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New book on debt origins and impacts
Brazilian activist Marcos Arruda exposes the problems with his government’s economic policies and the role of the IMF in a new book.
WB/IMF roles
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Köhler seeks focused, independent IMF
In May in his first public speech as the new head of the IMF, Horst K
Accountability
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G7 will impose their architecture agenda
G7 finance ministers in July reiterated their commitment to enforce their agenda without a commitment to address the needs of the poorest countries.
