Consultations held in Berlin, Tokyo and London for the IMF’s conditionality review have revealed significant differences in opinions.
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Slimmer IMF but fatter Bank
The IMF’s efforts to streamline itself are likely to make little difference to countries implementing Bank and IMF programmes.
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Financial crises and global slowdown capture IMF-World Bank spring meetings agenda
The global economic slowdown and donor countries’ differing views on what to do about it, pushed issues related to the world’s poorest nations to the sidelines of public debate on this year’s spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
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IFC plans governance clauses for loans: Woicke
The International Finance Corporation, a private sector arm of the World Bank, plans to include corporate governance clauses in loan agreements.
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Bank Vice President enlisted in Turkey crisis
In a bizarre effort to shore up international investor confidence, the Turkish prime minister appointed Kemal Dervis, a World Bank Vice President, to become a state minister in charge of the economy in Turkey in late February.
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Ecuador adjustment protesters strike deal
In late January and early February Ecuadorean indigenous groups led further protests against government and IMF economic policies.
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Conditionality reduced but still “indispensable”
The numbers of conditions applied by the IMF may be reduced. But prior policy commitments and international codes and standards will be examined and in the area of governance, conditions may actually increase.
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Social sectors bear brunt of Argentine austerity programme
The crisis in Argentina deepened in March after three ministers, including the Education and Economy Ministers, resigned after the government agreed a new austerity programme with the IMF.
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Carrots and Sticks: a quick fix for IMF conditionality?
A short questions and answers briefing on the IMF’s approach to conditionality
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Comments on the IMF staff’s review of conditionality
Bretton Woods Project comments on the IMF’s conditionality review
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