Notes of a meeting with World Bank executive director Gwen Hines in October 2014.
Health
Rights
News
World Bank to “pick its battles” on LGBT rights
The World Bank's April spring meetings saw its first involvement with LGBT rights creating controversy in the media and civil society.
Social services
News
A poor diagnosis: the World Bank’s health record
World Bank health financing benefits wealthy elites not poorest according to new IEG evaluation and Oxfam analysis
Social services
Commentary
Reproductive health: What’s the Bank's score?
The Bank has produced mixed results on reproductive health; it is imperative that as the post 2015 agenda is set, it maintains the funding and political profile of this hugely impactful public health issue.
Social services
Commentary
Bad aid
A health public-private partnership is starving Lesotho's public health services of resources, affecting rural communities, where death rates are rising.
Private Sector
Commentary
Can development really be delivered by investing in private banks?
In a new blog the Bretton Woods Project highlights the Bank's increasing investment in financial intermediaries at the expense of education and health
Social services
Background
Ensuring the Bank’s investment in and prioritisation of reproductive health up to 2015 and beyond
Sponsors: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), White Ribbon Alliance, WBG (Health, Nutrition and Population Division)…
Social services
News
World Bank’s Burma spending spree
The World Bank has announced big spending programmes in health, electricity and telecoms in Burma, however, critics point to its failure to protect human rights or consult properly with civil society.
Social services
News
World Bank health initiative “trampling on the dignity and needs of people”
World Bank report on health prevention criticised for ignoring evidence and theory.
Finance
Analysis
The IFIs in 2013: year in review
The Bretton Woods Project review of the most important developments at the World Bank and IMF in 2013.
