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Strategy/roles
IFI governance
Commentary
Bankspeak of the year 2014
Bankspeak of the year 2014 celebrates some of the most ridiculous public remarks of Fund and Bank staff.
IFI governance
Analysis
The Bank and IMF in 2014: year in review
The Bretton Woods Project review of the most important developments at the World Bank and IMF in 2014.
IFI governance
News
Out with the new, in with the old? World Bank restructure reveals “colonial mindset"
Criticism of the latest elements of World Bank's restructure mounts from staff and the media, undermining president Kim’s leadership.
IFI governance
Recommended resources 2014
The best papers and books on the World Bank and IMF from 2014.
IFI governance
Background
The impact of the BRICS’ Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) and the New Development Bank (NDB)
Notes of a meeting on BRICS’ Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) and the New Development Bank (NDB) at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
IFI governance
Background
UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Gwen Hines
Notes of a meeting with World Bank executive director Gwen Hines in October 2014.
IFI governance
News
World Bank appoints remaining global practice directors
The remaining vacancies in the World Bank’s new global practices and cross cutting solutions areas, which emerged as part of the Bank’s 2013 strategy, have been filled.
IFI governance
Analysis
World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
Bretton Woods Project coverage of the 2014 annual meetings with links to analysis of the communiqués and notes of key civil society and official meetings.
IFI governance
Analysis
IMF and World Bank at 70: many happy returns?
As the IMF and World Bank mark their 70th anniversary their leadership is being challenged as rival institutions have emerged, but reports of their demise appear premature.
Featured briefings
1 October 2024
Year one of World Bank Paris Agreement alignment in the energy sector: ‘green conditionality’ dwarfs green investments
New BWP research finds the Word Bank's approach to Paris alignment is being used to a significant extent to impose ‘green conditionalities' on borrowing countries, especially in the Global South.
3 July 2024
The Bretton Woods Observer: Summer 2024
3 July 2024
Is the World Bank rolling back commitments to citizen engagement, again?
Understanding the Bank’s chequered history with public, community and civil society participation is key for understanding what is at stake and what to do next.