The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), based in Cape Town, South Africa, has launched a newsletter to monitor the World Bank and IMF activities in Southern Africa.
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Bank civil society newsletter
The World Bank has re-launched its newsletter aimed at civil society groups.
IFI governance
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World Bank relations with parliamentarians enter new phase
World Bank interactions with parliamentarians have been increasing in recent years.
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Pesticide companies chat with World Bank
A closed-door meeting between CEOs of leading pesticide/biotech companies and World Bank President James Wolfensohn in early December received strong opposition from Pesticide Action Network North America and 14 other NGOs.
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IMF and WB conditionalities may be kept secret
As consultations on the World Bank’s disclosure policy move ahead, the Bank has taken steps which allow governments to withhold essential information to country stakeholders.
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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IMF transparency pledges
The IMF’s Executive Board agreed to improve IMF transparency in September, including writing documents in clearer language and making them available in other languages than English.
IFI governance
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Bank information policies under scrutiny
A number of NGOs are mobilizing to input into the redrafting of the World Bank’s information disclosure policy.
Rights
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Bank assessment policies discussed
The latest issue of News and Notices for World Bank Watchers discusses World Bank social and environmental assessments and calls for a new “dynamic assessment” procedure.
Knowledge
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WDR resignation embarrasses Bank
In late May Ravi Kanbur resigned from his position as World Development Report lead author following attempts by Bank and government officials to make him change his text.
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The IMF and World Bank talk good governance, but walk with state- capturers
From South Africa to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, the Bank and Fund have demonstrated they are not appropriate allies to address the scale of the crisis the world is facing, especially, given their record.