Macroeconomic policy

Social services

Background

Leveraging private finance with public money: Positive Innovation? Corporate Welfare?

This event explored how modalities to "leverage" the private sector are beginning to appear in different ways in the World Bank and donors' agenda, and the challenges they pose.

19 April 2013 | Minutes

Environment

Background

CSO meeting with Ms. Ksenia Yudaeva, G20 sherpa, Russian Federation

This event featured a discussion between CSOs and the Russian Federation G20 sherpa covering topics including food & nutrition security, jobs and the post-2015 development agenda.

18 April 2013 | Minutes

IFI governance

Background

After recent court decisions: how can sovereign debt workouts become fair, comprehensive and account

This session examines the challenges which recent court decisions pose to sovereign debt workouts that allow for burden-sharing and take into account the social development needs of debtor countries.

18 April 2013 | Minutes

Private Sector

Background

Discussion on IMF jobs and growth policies

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) sponsored discussion on macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone, and the challenges to restoring employment and growth.

18 April 2013 | Minutes

Land

News

India complains Doing Business "not robust"

As an independent panel begun its review of the World Bank’s controversial Doing Business rankings, India’s public criticism of the rankings added weight to global governmental and civil society opposition.

8 April 2013

IFI governance

News

BRICS challenge IFIs

Large middle-income countries jointly initiated alternatives to the World Bank and IMF in March, but advocates are not satisfied with either set of institutions. While challenge to the IMF has been welcomed, civil society actors fear that a new development bank would serve "vested interests" and could lead to "exploitation".

8 April 2013

Conditionality

News

Democracy: "an enemy to the IMF"?

The legitimacy of IMF engagement with Middle East and North African nations and eurozone crisis countries continues to be heavily criticised.

8 April 2013

Finance

News

G20 working on international financial architecture, while the IMF "to bury its head in the sand"?

The G20's agenda on the international financial architecture looks to tackle sovereign defaults, but not 'currency wars'.

8 April 2013

Finance

Commentary

Cyprus - whose crisis?

The economic crisis in Cyprus erupted during the second cycle of the European recession of 2011 as a result of harsh austerity policies imposed since 2010 in Europe. It is a new crisis born of a failed response to the original European crisis.

28 March 2013 | Guest comment

Rights

Analysis

World Bank on jobs: a "significant departure" or "business as usual"?

The opening sentences of the 2013 World Development Report Jobs, could not be clearer: "Jobs are the cornerstone of economic and social development". Brendan Martin of UK NGO Public World examines the policy implications for developing economies, trade unions and the wider development community.

13 February 2013 | At Issue