A wide-ranging new study overviews the strategic framework for the future of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
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IFI governance
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Post Prague
Many people are wondering what the World Bank and IMF Prague annual meetings, plus associated independent discussions and protests amounted to.
IFI governance
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Bank global net plan: concern grows
In mid-September the Bretton Woods Project coordinated a joint letter of protest on the World Bank’s Global Development Gateway plans.
IFI governance
News
IDM Dialogo Global Electrónico: Las Preguntas Más Frecuentes
IDM Dialogo Global Electr
Conditionality
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Provocative report on IMF and World Bank reforms
A US Congress commission, which reported in March, called for major cut backs in World Bank and IMF activities.
Rights
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Washington focus for globalisation protests
Activists from across the US will converge in Washington to protest at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
IFI governance
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New Bank-NGO communications outputs
Following last year’s review, the Bank’s NGO Team is planning new communications products and tools for civil society groups.
Conditionality
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UK ED quizzed on UK role in Bank and Fund
In October UK Executive Director Stephen Pickford was called before the Treasury and International Development Select Committees for questioning by MPs.
IFI governance
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“Knowledge Bank” breaks new ground
The World Bank was a leading organiser of a conference in early December which convened 400 researchers and heads of development think tanks to discuss ways to generate and share research to shape policies.
IFI governance
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Bank communication report
A Communications Strategy Needs Assessment was submitted to the World Bank’s NGO Unit in October.
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.