Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum event on April 11, 2022, on: "MISSING RECEIPTS: How did DFIs’ COVID-19 Response Affect Human and Environmental Rights during the Pandemic?"
Spring/Annual meetings
IFI governance
Background
Did pandemic spending go towards a Feminist People’s Recovery in Africa and Latin America?
Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum event on 8 April 2022 titled 'Did Pandemic Spending Go towards a Feminist People’s Recovery in Africa and Latin America?'
IFI governance
Background
The future is public: Prioritizing public services in the light of Covid and climate change
Notes from the 7 April Civil Society Policy Forum - The future is public: Prioritizing public services in the light of Covid and climate change.
IFI governance
Analysis
Development Committee communiqué analysis - Annual Meetings 2021
The Development Committee communiqué was published on 15 October. It acknowledged an uneven and uncertain path to recovery, while it kept silent on the need for a TRIPS waiver of the Covid-19 vaccines and said little about the IMF’s new $650 billion allocation of SDRs.
IFI governance
Analysis
Annual Meetings Wrap-up: despite urgent climate and development needs, geopolitics and deference to private finance rule the day
Doing Business scandal once again highlights that geopolitical wrangling is key driving force behind Bretton Woods Institutions’ governance structure and policy prescriptions.
IFI governance
Analysis
G20 communiqué analysis – Annual Meetings 2021
G20 offers sanguine tone on the global health and debt crises, failing to address issues related to vaccines and private creditors.
IFI governance
Background
The World Bank’s Development Policy Financing: implications for a just, green and feminist recovery
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 29 September on the implications and shortcomings of how Development Policy Financing nudges countries towards policy reforms.
IFI governance
Analysis
G24 communiqué analysis - Annual Meetings 2021
G24 finance ministers called for urgent measures to arrest the unequal recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
IFI governance
Analysis
IMFC communiqué analysis – Annual Meetings 2021
The communiqué of the IMFC was issued on 14 October. It emphasised an uneven recovery from the Covid-19 crisis and highlighted debt concerns. It also called for progress on IMF quota reform.
IFI governance
Background
Building back better through IDA20: Public investment as a tool for socio-economic transformation in Africa
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 7 October on IDA20's replenishment implications with a focus on Africa.
