At hearings in the US Senate commentators criticised World Bank anti-corruption activities and proposed new approaches.
Transparency-WB/IMF
IFI governance
News
Disclosure in private sector financing
The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, is conducting a review of its 1998 Policy on Disclosure of Information.
Rights
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World Bank/IMF spring meetings 2004 Round Up
This year's spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF mark 60 years of their founding in 1944. Fasts in Pakistan and outside the World Bank in DC were some of the actions taken by global justice campaigners to press on issues including debt cancellation.
IFI governance
Commentary
Are you listening carefully?
Whatever changes in the World Bank and IMF, one thing remains constant. The flood of…
Conditionality
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Parliaments: the missing link in democratising national policy making
Across sub-saharan Africa, good governance efforts depend on the strengthening of parliamentary democracy. In sharp contrast country relations with IFIs reveal weak parliamentary engagement.
Private Sector
News
Acres debarment: Litmus test for Bank on corruption
The Bank's sanctions committee has reopened the debarment case against Acres International, a Canadian firm whose conviction for bribing an official was upheld by the Lesotho appeals court last August.
Rights
News
60th anniversary plans - 17th - 24th April
This year marks the 60th year of the founding of the World Bank and IMF, several activities are planned to coincide with the institutions spring meetings to highlight the devastating impact of their policies, programs and projects and to continue the campaign for global justice.
Private Sector
News
IFC Haiti project funding goes ahead despite investigation’s "mixed results"
The IFC committed $20 million to an industrial park in a Haitian free trade zone on 15 January, after an independent investigator found that "the project deserves continued strong support given its development impact, even if some wrongdoing was demonstrated."
Accountability
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Legislators courted but oversight insufficient
The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) will hold its annual conference February 15-16 in Paris. Oversight of relations between governments, the IMF and the Bank by legislators is still insufficient in the North and in the South.
IFI governance
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IMF struggles to reach agreement on transparency
A review of IMF transparency policy was finally concluded in September
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New briefing by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project highlights research showing that IMF policy advice has undermined a just energy transition since the Paris Agreement was signed.