Highlights of meeting between Tom Scholar and UK NGOs, December 2006
WTO
Trade
Background
Trade finance linkages in Latin America
Highlights of a civil society meeting on trade-finance linkages in Latin America, 20 April 2006, Washington. Hosted by the Center of Concern.
Accountability
Background
Dialogue on the Doha trade round
Dialogue on the Doha trade round at the World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington, 20 April 2006.
Accountability
News
Aid for trade: “distraction” from a bad deal
The consensus among civil society observers was that the agreement struck at the December Hong Kong WTOtrade ministerial was a bad deal for developing countries, with IFI-backed 'aid for trade' used as a "major distraction".
Conditionality
News
UN says World Bank and IMF “bound by international law”
Bold statements made by the UN special rapporteur on the right to food argue that international law is binding on organisations such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO.
Accountability
News
IFI ‘aid for trade’ carrot ahead of Hong Kong trade summit
Details of the BWIs aid for trade package were unveiled at the annual meetings, as officials turned up the pressure to reach a deal at the upcoming trade summit in Hong Kong.
IFI governance
News
Report on multi-stakeholder consultations on systemic issues
Hosted by the New Rules for Global Finance coalition, this meeting summarised the findings of…
IFI governance
News
WB parliamentary network meeting
The sixth annual conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank will be held 21 - 23 October in Helsinki, Finland.
IFI governance
News
Transparency charter for IFIs
The Global Transparency Initiative will be holding a three-month consultation starting 28 September, on a draft charter of transparency principles which the international financial institutions should uphold.
Rights
News
The G8, the World Bank and the IMF: Debt, aid and trade implications
At their 6 - 8 July summit in Gleneagles Scotland, G8 leaders tasked the World Bank and the IMF with much of the follow-up on their commitments on debt reduction, increased aid and fairer trade.
Accountability
News
Interim report on the evaluation of the Integrated Framework
Interim report of evaluator Capra International to the heads of agencies of the Integrated Framework for trade-related technical assistance 10 July 2003 in Washington.
Trade
Analysis
Harmonisation and coherence: White knights or Trojan horses?
In recent months, the World Bank has been leading the charge to increase the harmonisation of donor policies and further coherence between the Bank, the IMF and the WTO.