IMF has been criticised for undermining negotiations between Greece and other creditors and ignoring the results of a democratic referendum.
Conditionality impacts
Finance
Analysis
Greece should default on its IMF loans
Bodo Ellmers of Eurodad argues that, should the IMF not get repaid by Greece, it could finally shock the institution from being a “political puppet” into an effective crisis response instrument.
Finance
News
The IMF’s newest bailout in Ghana
The IMF and Ghana have reached a long-anticipated loan agreement.
Finance
News
IMF augments new lending facilities after earlier reviews
An IMF review of three new lending facilities has resulted in only "cosmetic" changes critics say.
Conditionality
Analysis
IMF in Greece: a “slush fund” for “its political masters”
As Greece agrees a loan extension which excludes an IMF contribution, commentators condemn the impact of IMF's previous loan conditionalities on the Greek economy.
Conditionality
News
IMF moved on from structural adjustment?
Concerns in existing and prospective borrower states about the appropriateness and efficacy of IMF-sanctioned reforms under lending and precautionary agreements.
Finance
News
Eye on the prize - the Greek debt sustainability question
Despite heated debates about the consequences of Syriza’s win in Greece and the IMF's stance on debt reduction, the question of debt sustainability remains central to the country’s economic future.
Social services
Analysis
The IMF’s role in the Ebola outbreak
IMF conditionalities attached to loans to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea drained health services, damaging countries’ ability to handle the recent Ebola crisis.
Conditionality
Commentary
The Arab world’s subsidy nightmare: pondering alternatives
For decades, the Arab region has embarked on a series of IMF-prescribed energy subsidy reforms, which have contributed to increased poverty levels.
Conditionality
News
World Bank criticised for rejecting Doing Business reform
In response to the World Bank’s rejection of significant reform to its revised Doing Business Report methodology, civil society organisations wrote a letter in July to Bank president Jim Yong Kim.
Featured briefings
21 July 2022
Ending “absolute immunity” for the International Finance Corporation: The legacy of Jam v. IFC
EarthRights International examines how the Jam v. IFC case has helped to shift the landscape of accountability for international financial institutions by successfully challenging their claim to “absolute” immunity in US courts, potentially opening IFC up to further legal challenges in future.
21 July 2022
The Bretton Woods Observer: Summer 2022
14 April 2022