Ministers at the Spring Meetings agreed that the IMF should not, except in “exceptional circumstances” provide large bailouts to countries in financial crises.
Spring/Annual meetings
IFI governance
News
IDA controversy continues
The controversy over refinancing the World Bank’s IDA arm was not resolved at the Bank/Fund Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
Commentary
Bank/Fund Spring meetings schedule
The World Bank/IMF Spring meetings are taking place in Washington DC on 20-21 April.
Finance
News
Go with the flows?
A meeting, organised by Bretton Woods Project and Heinrich B
Rights
News
Adjustment Directive consultation process still unknown
During the Spring Meetings NGOs had a disappointing meeting with Joanne Salop, Vice President for Operations Policy and Strategy.
Conditionality
News
Analysing poverty impacts
At their Spring Meetings the IMF and World Bank outlined plans to carry out social impact analyses when designing macroeconomic and structural reforms.
IFI governance
News
World Bank intensifies trade work, but cancels conference
The World Bank has pledged to “intensify its trade-related activities” by increasing its research, training and advocacy at global and country levels.
IFI governance
News
World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings 2001
The Bretton Woods Project website will feature summaries and analysis of issues and background papers in preparation for and during the annual meetings.
Rights
News
Financial crises and global slowdown capture IMF-World Bank spring meetings agenda
The global economic slowdown and donor countries’ differing views on what to do about it, pushed issues related to the world’s poorest nations to the sidelines of public debate on this year’s spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
Social services
Analysis
The World Bank’s global public goods agenda: good for whom?
Prepared for the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings 2001, a short analysis of the World Bank’s understanding of the global public goods and which areas it plans to concentrate on.
Featured briefings
14 October 2019
Bretton Woods at 75
BWP publishes essay series reflecting on the legacy of 75 years of IMF and World Bank policies and power.
3 October 2019
The Bretton Woods Observer: Autumn 2019
15 August 2019
The World Bank and gender equality
Critical gender analysis of Bank's Development Policy Financing.