The Bretton Woods Project review of the most important developments at the World Bank and IMF in 2015.
Strategy/roles
IFI governance
Background
World Bank EDs and CSOs roundtable
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2016 spring meetings between World Bank executive directors and CSOs.
IFI governance
Background
Recommended resources on the World Bank and IMF 2015
The best books and papers on the World Bank and IMF from 2015.
IFI governance
Background
World Bank’s country engagement approach
This Inside the Institutions looks at the World Bank's new country engagement model, including the systematic country diagnostic and country partnership framework.
IFI governance
Background
World Bank global practices and cross-cutting solution areas
This Inside the Institutions looks at the World Bank's new global practices and cross-cutting solutions areas that were established to improve how staff share knowledge internally and externally.
IFI governance
Analysis
World Bank results: “a long-term, steady downward trend”
A series of reports by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group raised further concerns over the Bank’s performance, as internal staff discontent continues.
IFI governance
News
IMF’s chief economist announces departure
Olivier Blanchard, IMF's chief economist, to leave for US think tank Peterson Institute.
IFI governance
News
World Bank gender strategy consultation
The World Bank is conducting a formal consultation on a new gender strategy concluding 31 July.
Social services
Analysis
The elephant in the classroom: the World Bank and private education providers
World Bank’s high-level support for private education providers is condemned by the UN Special Rapporteur, NGOs and academics.
IFI governance
Analysis
The IMF - indispensable?
As obituaries are written for the World Bank, a new blog published in the Financial Times, reveals how the IMF is set to become indispensable.
Featured briefings
12 December 2024
The Bretton Woods Observer: Winter 2024
12 December 2024
Missing in action: accountability is noticeably absent from the World Bank Group’s new Corporate Scorecard
The Corporate Scorecard’s accountability gap is symptomatic of a broader failure on the part of the WBG to fully internalise, integrate and learn from the work of its accountability mechanisms.
16 October 2024