Web links for the leaked documents about the World Bank's strategy.
Voting rights
IFI governance
News
Doing Business not related to growth
The future of "Doing Business" has nothing to do with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim's opinion of growth ("Stand up for 'Doing Business'", The Economist, 25 May). You confuse growth with a set of indicators which many inside and outside the Bank find fundamentally flawed.
IFI governance
Background
Civil society meeting with Steve Field, UK IMF Executive Director
Minutes of CSO meeting with Steve Field UK IMF Executive Director, 9 April 2013
IFI governance
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IMF reform in developing country perspective
Notes from IMF 2013 Spring meetings civil society forum event
Infrastructure
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Colombia case study: results measurement and poverty eradication
This session examined Colombia's private sector partnerships and poverty eradication programme.
IFI governance
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The private sector and poverty eradication
This session gave an overview on the links between private sector and healthcare provision in tackling poverty.
IFI governance
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Financial and housing crises, the Bank's safeguards and the right to adequate housing
This session featured a presentation from UN special rapporteur on the links between financial and housing crises, safeguards and the right to adequate housing.
IFI governance
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The challenges of advancing sustainability at the World Bank
This panel discussion reflected on the major sustainability challenges facing the World Bank through exploring two World Resources Institute areas - a portfolio analysis on 2012 projects, and the interaction between country systems and World Bank safeguard approaches.
IFI governance
News
Spring meetings 2013: communiqués coverage
Coverage of the communiqu
IFI governance
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From the Arab revolutions to global austerity trends
This session examined issues thrown up by the Arab revolutions, including the fiscal, monetary, tax and investment policies being considered by governments facilitating, or hindering countries in the Arab and other regions in building an inclusive economy and supporting socioeconomic recovery, the impact on public expenditure for the strengthening of education, health, and other social sectors as well as the management of chronic and high unemployment and high food and fuel prices.
Featured briefings
12 December 2019
The Bretton Woods Observer: Winter 2019
12 December 2019
Ease of Doing Business – what does it conceal?
As India has risen in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings, it has seen other key development indicators slip.
18 November 2019
Keeping the IMF accountable to women's rights and gender equality at the national level
New IMF gender guidance opportunity for civil society to keep its staff to account.