IDA20 must take urgent action to ensure tangible support for economic transformation and decent jobs, and the establishment of a social protection fund.
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Gender
Analysis
Latest IMF gender research: Making the economy work for women, or women work for the economy?
IMF gender research direction shifts away from macroeconomic drivers of gender inequality.
IFI governance
Background
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency – the Bank’s foreign direct investment insurance arm
MIGA principally provides political risk insurance for private investors undertaking foreign direct investment.
Environment
News
World Bank’s new Climate Change Action Plan fails to deliver much-needed transformative agenda
Plan lacks detail in key areas, including concrete commitments to end fossil fuels support.
Rights
News
IFC faces critical questions over investments in gig economy
IFC’s investments in gig economy platform companies come under scrutiny
Environment
News
World Bank's oil revenue outlook for Guyana at odds with climate action
Bank’s lofty projections for oil-based growth contradict more sober estimates that account for uncertainty in sector.
IFI governance
Analysis
Spring Meetings 2021 wrap up: Socialism for those who can afford it, neoliberalism for the rest
As the world struggles with divergent recovery paths from the pandemic, the IMF and World Bank once again failed to take the decisive action required during the Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
Analysis
Development Committee communiqué analysis - Spring 2021
Analysis of the IMF and World Bank Development Commitee communiqué published on 9 April from the 2021 World Bank and IMF virtual Spring Meetings.
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Social services
News
Malpass makes World Bank a pariah with opposition to TRIPS waiver
World Bank President comes out against temporarily waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines
Social services
Background
Education financing to reach the most marginalised: Challenges and solutions during COVID-19 response and recovery
Notes from the virtual Civil Society Policy Forum session on 31 March 2021.
IFI governance
News
Civil society calls for IFC and MIGA to build upon CAO reform
Civil society urges IFC and MIGA to act to maximise the benefits of CAO reforms
Gender
News
World Bank gender-based violence mechanism raises "serious concerns"
World Bank procurement mechanism faces questions over community engagement
Environment
News
Dutch government sued at World Bank tribunal for fossil fuel phase out plan
ICSID suit against Dutch government’s fossil phase out highlights threat to climate action posed by investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanisms
Private Sector
Background
Private sector accountability in times of crisis
Notes from the virtual Civil Society Policy Forum session on 29 March.
Finance
Background
Showcasing the impact of debt in poor countries and a proposal for fair and green recovery financing
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 29 March.
Finance
Background
Development Policy Finance: Critical concerns surrounding accountability and outcomes for people and the climate
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 26 March.
