World Bank's board fails to live up to commitments to open, transparent and merit-based selection process for Bank president.
Leadership
IFI governance
Commentary
Bankspeak of the year 2016
Every year the Bretton Woods Project highlights some of the most farcical remarks of Fund and Bank staff.
IFI governance
News
World Bank appoints Independent Evaluation Group Director and Inspection Panel member
World Bank appoints Alison Evans as new IEG Director General and Ramanie Kunanayagam as Inspection Panel member
IFI governance
Commentary
Bank and Fun(d) speak of the year: 12 days of Christmas – an ode to the World Bank & IMF’s 2018
At the end of every year, the Bretton Woods Project highlights some of the most farcical remarks of Fund and World Bank staff. This time, it’s set to music.
IFI governance
News
IMF appoints Gita Gopinath as its first female chief economist
IMF's new chief economist views on exchange rates considered unorthodox
IFI governance
News
World Bank announces two new appointments
Pinelopi Goldberg joins as the Bank’s chief economist and Imrana Jalal as the new chairperson of the Inspection Panel
IFI governance
News
World Bank appoints Georgieva as CEO of IBRD and IDA
In October, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of Kristalina Georgieva as chief executive officer of IBRD and IDA.
IFI governance
News
World Bank appoints new General Counsel
World Bank appoints new General Counsel while civil society watches for change in approach on human rights.
IFI governance
Background
CSO roundtable with World Bank Group Executive Directors
Notes from a CSO roundtable with World Bank Group Executive Directors at the IMF/World Bank 2016 annual meetings.
IFI governance
News
IMF’s Lagarde to face trial in France
IMF’s managing director lost a July appeal to avoid trial in France over negligence while French finance minister.
Featured briefings
18 July 2019
Low-carbon infrastructure, sustainable finance, and people-focused development
This briefing emphasises the interdependence between the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement, in terms of ensuring that all new infrastructure is climate resilient and aligned with the low- or zero-carbon pathways required to avert catastrophic climate change – which would render achieving the SDGs impossible.
4 April 2019
World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2019
4 April 2019
The highest bidder takes it all: The World Bank's new scheme to privatise land in the Global South
World Bank Enabling the Business of Agriculture rankings prescribe land privatisation at the expense of family farmers, pastoralists, and Indigenous Peoples.