Minutes of afternoon sessions of extractives conference, Washington DC, 23 April 2012
Transparency-WB/IMF
Accountability
Background
Lessons from IEG's Cluster Review of IFC-supported Extractive Industries Projects
Minutes of IFC and extractives meeting, Washington DC, 21 April 2012
Accountability
Background
Supporting Social Accountability for Better Results
Minutes of World Bank Social accountability plenary, Washington DC, 19 April 2012
Accountability
Background
UK civil society meeting UK IMF Executive Director Alex Gibbs
Notes of a meeting with UK executive director to the IMF Alex Gibbs in April 2012
IFI governance
News
New World Bank president: what's on the agenda?
An unprecedented competition for the presidency of the World Bank, with two highly experienced developing country candidates nominated in addition to the US candidate, has raised demands for reform of the Bank's approach to middle-income countries, human rights, environmental issues, and the private sector, among others.
Accountability
News
IEG finds World Bank not well adapted to crisis lending
The final report of the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG, the Bank's arms-length evaluation unit) assessment of the Bank's response to the 2008/09 global economic crisis confirms that Bank measures followed pre-crisis patterns and often failed to reach those most affected, leaving the Bank vulnerable to future crises.
IFI governance
News
IMF gold sales money to fund loans
The IMF has approved a plan to use $2.3 billion of the profits from the sale of its gold reserves to fund concessionary lending to low-income countries.
IFI governance
News
Building alternatives BRICS by BRICS
With the future of the World Bank up for grabs in the presidency race and the IMF facing a resource crunch, many developing countries are pursuing alternatives to the Washington-based lenders, with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa even mooting a joint BRICS Bank.
Accountability
News
Appointment of the World Bank president
A letter to all World Bank governors calling for reforms to the selection process for a new World Bank president signed by over 50 civil society groups
Accountability
News
Complaint against the IFC in Mozambique
The Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO), the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) accountability mechanism, has transferred a complaint over an IFC-supported project in Mozambique to its compliance function, which will assess whether the project has breached the IFC's performance standards.
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