En diciembre del 2006, el organismo de evaluación del Banco Mundial publicó un informe mostrando que las estrategias de crecimiento no habían hecho lo suficiente para ayudar a las personas viviendo en la pobreza, y que el Banco había fallado al no evaluar bien los impactos de distribución de sus recomendaciones políticas.
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Growth alone is not the answer: evaluation chides World Bank
In early December the World Bank’s evaluation body released a report which found that the Bank’s growth strategies have not done enough to help the poor, and that the Bank has failed to sufficiently assess the distributional impacts of its policy recommendations.
IFI governance
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Knowledge Bank-rupted: Evaluation says key World Bank research ‘not remotely reliable’
An evaluation by a panel of self-described ‘academic superstars’ has cast doubt over the independence and reliability of World Bank research.
IFI governance
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"Insatisfactorio" el manejo del Banco de los Estados frágiles
En septiembre de 2006 el Grupo Independiente de Evaluación (IEG, sigla en inglés) publicó su revisión sobre el apoyo del Banco Mundial a los 'Estados frágiles'.
Finance
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Growth commission latest
The workplan of the Bank's independent commission on growth has now been clarified.
IFI governance
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Bank’s handling of fragile states “unsatisfactory”
In September the Independent Evaluation Group released its review of World Bank support to 'fragile states'.
Finance
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Roundtable on aid effectiveness
Highlights of a roundtable on aid effectiveness with Sebastien Mallaby, Washington Post columnist, Steve Radelet, CGD, Saifur Rahman, Bangladeshi minister of finance, and Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Ugandan central bank governor.
Finance
Analysis
Taken for granted? US Proposals to Reform the World Bank’s IDA Examined
US debt campaigners are siding with the Bush administration against European leaders and other NGOs over a key source of finance for the world’s 79 poorest countries. Discussions on the pros and cons of providing grants instead of loans through IDA appear deadlocked (March 2002).
Finance
Analysis
Assessing Assessing Aid
A discussion and critique of the main points in a prominent World Bank report on aid policy and conditionality - “Assessing Aid, What Works, What Doesn’t and Why”. The Bank’s report is very frank about the many failures of aid financing, but its proposals of targeting finance to good performing countries are controversial (1999).
Featured briefings
3 July 2024
The Bretton Woods Observer: Summer 2024
3 July 2024
Is the World Bank rolling back commitments to citizen engagement, again?
Understanding the Bank’s chequered history with public, community and civil society participation is key for understanding what is at stake and what to do next.
3 June 2024
A way out for IMF reform
New paper analyses the IMF 16th Quota Review and identifies key governance reforms feasible in the current economic and geopolitical context.