The IMF with multilateral banks and other donors has agreed a $41bn package to help Brazil fend off international currency speculators.
Forests
IFI governance
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Forest review concession
The Bank has now accepted that its Forest Policy Implementation Review will look at effects on forests of its non-forest lending, and that its Operations Evaluation Department will do some of the field studies.
IFI governance
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Forest Policy Reviews
The World Bank has agreed to carry out a forest policy implementation review followed by a Forest Sector Strategy review over the next few months.
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2 October 2023
Reconceptualising Special Drawing Rights as a tool for development finance
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Financialisation and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
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19 July 2023