General Secretary of Tunisia's largest trade union calls for an overhaul of the IMF's approach to bring about socially just expansionary policies, after strikes overturn IMF-backed wage bill
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Rights
News
Will IMF stick its head in the sand on human rights Guiding Principles?
UN releases Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms, begging the question of how the IMF will respond.
Finance
News
Inequality crisis worsens as World Bank and IMF persist with failed policies
Two new CSO reports document inadequate response by states, the IMF and World Bank.
Finance
News
Pakistan requests 13th IMF loan, amid US-China tensions
As Pakistan requests an IMF loan amid concerns about its debt sustainability, the IMF response is caught up in China-US tensions.
IFI governance
News
Follow BWP’s World Bank and IMF 2019 Spring Meetings Dispatch
BWP will provide analysis of the ministerial meetings’ communiqués, notes from CSPF seminars and more on BWP’s Dispatch page.
Background
What are the Bretton Woods Institutions?
The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They were set up at a meeting of 43 countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA in July 1944. Their aims were to help rebuild the shattered postwar economy and to promote international economic cooperation.
Gender
Analysis
The IMF and Gender Equality: Operationalising Change
Latest IMF guidance on gender issues raises more questions than answers as it opens the door to impact assessments and alternative macro policies.
Gender
Analysis
The IMF and Gender Equality: Operationalising Change
This briefing raises critical questions on the latest developments in the IMF’s approach to gender.
Knowledge
Background
Recommended resources on the World Bank and IMF 2018
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2018.
Rights
Commentary
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings marred by clampdown on People’s Global Conference
Clampdown on civil society leaves stain on this year’s Annual Meetings, as global civic space is increasingly under threat
Gender
Analysis
Bretton Woods Institutions’ instrumental gender approach ignores structural elephant in the room
IMF and World Bank continue to undermine gender equality through bulk of macroeconomic policy advice.
Finance
Analysis
The IMF in Argentina: Can an old dog learn new tricks?
As IMF increases Argentina loan, its policies continue to ignore root causes of crisis with predictable impacts for Argentinians
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