A short questions and answers briefing on the IMF’s approach to conditionality
Conditionality impacts
Conditionality
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Comments on the IMF staff’s review of conditionality
Bretton Woods Project comments on the IMF’s conditionality review
Conditionality
News
No more lending without forestry reforms
In January, local and international NGOs wrote to the World Bank demanding actions to achieve genuine forest reform in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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G24 report on IFI governance agendas
The Group of 24 Southern countries published a research paper on “Governance-related conditionalities of the International Financial Institutions”.
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Lack of impact assessments constrains policy choices
Due to a lack of information on impacts associated with adjustment reforms, there is still no discussion of realistic policy choices and trade-offs in Poverty Reduction Strategies, according to an Oxfam International letter sent to the heads of the Bank and Fund in December.
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New research on African PRSPs
A study for the Strategic Partnership for Africa of eight countries provides a useful summary of experience to date with producing interim PRSPs.
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Adjustment lending is “bad news” for poor: Bank study
An internal Bank report has concluded that the poor are better off without structural adjustment.
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Bank governance strategy, G24 cautious
The World Bank has published a new strategy on governance.
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Argentine bail-out causes more hardship
After weeks of jockeying by the Argentinian government, the IMF and the US Treasury Department finally agreed to provide $18 billion to bailout Argentina’s troubled economy in November.
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US rejects user fees
The US government has been forced to adopt legislation requiring it to oppose IMF and WB loans, which contain conditions for the imposition of user fees for primary education or primary health care.
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