As inequality in Asia continues to deepen, civil society renews calls for IMF and World Bank to be held accountable for exacerbating inequality.
Spring/Annual meetings
IFI governance
Analysis
Great Expectations a year on: IMF moving the needle on inequality but not yet the gear
One year after Oxfam study, IMF making progress on inequality agenda but still needs a fundamental shift
IFI governance
Analysis
Spring Meetings 2018 wrap-up: Bigger and better you say?!
Analysis and look-back of this year's World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings; CSOs remain unconvinced of Bank's capital increase while Fund deals with looming debt crisis.
IFI governance
Analysis
Development Committee communiqué analysis - Spring 2018
Analysis of the Development Committee communiqué issued on 21 April, from the 2018 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Washington DC.
IFI governance
Analysis
G24 communiqué analysis - Spring 2018
Analysis of the G24 communiqué, issued on 19 April, from the 2018 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Washington DC.
IFI governance
Analysis
IMFC communiqué analysis – Spring 2018
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 18 April, from the 2018 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Washington DC.
IFI governance
Background
A lost decade for human rights? Assessing austerity and its alternatives 10 years on from the financial crisis
Notes from the 20 April Civil Society Policy Forum session on assessing austerity and its alternatives 10 years after the global financial crisis at the World Bank and IMF's Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
Background
Financing development through financial intermediaries: Exploring best practices in transparency
Notes from the 19 April Civil Society Policy Forum session on financing development through financial intermediaries at the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
Background
Financial crisis 10 years on. Has the response to 2008 laid the foundations for the next?
Notes from the 19 April Civil Society Policy Forum session on the response to the 2008 financial crisis at the World Bank and IMF's Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
Background
The promotion of Public-Private Partnerships – exporting a failed model?
Notes from the 19 April Civil Society Policy Forum session on the World Bank's promotion of public-private partnerships at the World Bank and IMF's Spring Meetings.
Featured briefings
14 December 2020
Gambling with our lives: Global emergencies expose consequences of decades of IMF and World Bank policies
Market-led policy approaches increasingly used to deal with both climate and health emergencies are failing to protect those most vulnerable.
10 December 2020
The Bretton Woods Observer: Winter 2020
12 October 2020