The international financial system’s reliance upon credit ratings – usually based on dubious premises – needs urgent rethinking.
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IFI governance
Analysis
Spring Meetings 2020 wrap-up: Will this change everything? Apparently not…
Analysis of this year's World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings: With international response to Covid-19 mired in geopolitical manoeuverings and resistance to systemic change, calls for alternatives grow.
Knowledge
Background
The World Bank: What it is and how it operates
This Inside the Institutions provides an overview of how the Bank’s systems are designed to operate.
IFI governance
Analysis
Fears of shrinking civil society space as World Bank Staff Association calls for axing of Spring Meetings
World Bank Staff Association's call for permanent cancellation of Spring Meetings and its CSPF raises long-standing concerns about the need for improved civil society engagement by the Bank and Fund.
IFI governance
Analysis
Development Committee communiqué analysis - Spring Meetings 2020
Analysis of the Development Committee communiqué published on 17 April.
IFI governance
Analysis
Spring Meetings amid Covid-19 crisis: Will this change everything?
World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings take place amid a global health emergency which experts estimate could result in millions of deaths.
Infrastructure
Analysis
Ghana’s Sankofa gas project - backed by World Bank - brings fiscal pain
Ghana left with $250 million bill for unused gas in 2019 primarily due to ‘take or pay’ clause in Bank-supported PPP contract.
IFI governance
Background
IMF and World Bank decision-making and governance
This Inside the Institutions looks at decision-making and governance structures at the IMF and World Bank.
Other news
Accountability
News
Civil society urges US Congress to hold IFC accountable before approving capital increase
CSOs express concerns at congressional hearing about pending IFC capital increase.
Accountability
News
IFC capital increase not a priority for US Congress
US Congress yet to approve World Bank’s proposed capital increase agreed in 2018.
IFI governance
Background
UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson
Notes from a meeting with the UK World Bank Executive Director on 6 July 2018.
IFI governance
News
World Bank general capital increase to be formalised in October
World Bank board to formalise contentious general capital increase at October Annual Meetings
IFI governance
Background
UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson
Notes of a meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson on 19 March 2018.
IFI governance
News
World Bank appoints Georgieva as CEO of IBRD and IDA
In October, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of Kristalina Georgieva as chief executive officer of IBRD and IDA.
IFI governance
Background
Recommended resources on the World Bank and IMF 2016
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2016.
Rights
News
Complaint lodged for forced labour in IFC-funded project in Uzbekistan
Forced labour victim and human rights defenders have filed a complaint with CAO, alleging that IFC knowingly finances a company benefiting from forced labour.
