UK NGO Christian Aid has begun a research project on the role of civil society groups in Consultative Group and Round Table donor coordination and planning bodies.
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Annual meetings Prague 2000
NGO preparations are already underway for the World Bank’s 2000 annual meetings.
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Confronting Gender Inequities and Political Disempowerment
The Women’s Eyes campaign was launched by women’s movements and NGOs to monitor World Bank progress in bringing its lending operations in line with the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing Women’s Summit in 1995.
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Bank specialist assesses NGO networks
Kathy Bain, Latin America civil society specialist at the World Bank, has written a draft paper on The Accountability of Trans-National NGO Networks in Policy Alliances with the World Bank.
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The future of NGO World Bank strategy discussed
In October the Bank Information Center held a strategy meeting for 80 people from NGOs and foundations concerned about the World Bank.
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IMF PR tour
The IMF is holding a meeting in late May in Ghana to explain its strategy to NGOs there.
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NGO approach debated
In March the Bank Board discussed the Bank’s approach to NGOs.
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G24 should build bridges with Southern NGOs
A recent paper argues that Southern governments should foster and expand democratic dialogue with NGOs in their countries.
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Regulating or Freeing NGOs?
The Bank-commissioned Handbook on Good Practices for Laws Relating to Non-Governmental Organisations has been criticised in a report by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
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Bankcheck RIP
The magazine Bankcheck, jointly produced by the International Rivers Network and the Development Group for Alternative Policies, has ceased production after 7 years of informative critical analysis of the World Bank and IMF.