Highlights of quarterly meeting between UK executive director to the World Bank and IMF and UK NGOs. Topics covered include CSO access to annual meetings, IMF strategic review, conditionality, anti-corruption and education.
Voting rights
IFI governance
Commentary
IMF quota reform is inadequate, reaction to IMFC communiqué
The Bretton Woods Project - a UK-based network of NGOs including Oxfam, ActionAid, Christian Aid, One World Trust and new economics foundation (nef) - called the IMF proposal to reform its voting structure completely inadequate to address the institution's problems. In reacting to the IMFC communiqu
IFI governance
News
New Bank lawyer; human development head retires
Over the summer, Ana Palacio was appointed General Counsel and World Bank vice president for the Human Development Network, Jean-Louis Sarbib, retired.
IFI governance
News
Raghu Rajan to leave Fund
Raghuram Rajan announces his intention to leave his post of economic counsellor and director of research at the IMF at the end of the year
IFI governance
Commentary
UK NGO open statement on governance reform of the IMF
The undersigned organisations hereby call on the UK government to put forward a progressive proposal for fundamental reform of the IMF that includes, at a minimum, ending inequality in decision making, eliminating appointed board chairs, making governing bodies transparent and opening leadership selection.
IFI governance
Commentary
European CSO open statement on governance reform of the IMF
The undersigned organisations hereby call on their governments in Europe to jointly put forward a progressive proposal for fundamental reform of the IMF that includes, at a minimum, ending inequality in decision making, opening leadership selection, and making governing bodies transparent.
IFI governance
Commentary
NGOs demand democracy, not tinkering at IMF
British NGOs are demanding an end to the undemocratic system by which the Fund is governed, and its replacement with a system which would be considered democratic at the country level in the 21st century.
IFI governance
Commentary
Offene Stellungnahme europäischer NGOs zur Governance Reform des IWF
Im Rahmen der 13.
IFI governance
Commentary
Dichiarazione della società civile europea sulla riforma della governance del Fondo Monetario
La 13a revisione delle quote del Fondo Monetario Internazionale ha generato un forte dibattito sulla necessit
IFI governance
Commentary
Declaraciòn abierta de OSC europeas sobre reforma a la gobernabilidad del FMI
Bajo los auspicios de la décimo tercera revisión de cuotas en el Fondo Monetario Internacional, se ha producido una creciente discusión acerca de la modificación al régimen de gobernabilidad de la institución. Organizaciones de la sociedad civil europea suscriben una declaración exhortando a que sus gobiernos presenten conjuntamente una propuesta progresista para una reforma fundamental del FMI.
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