Voting rights

IFI governance

News

IMF needs internal “firewall”

A senior British official has made propositions for a greater separation between the surveillance and lending functions at the IMF.

1 April 2003

IFI governance

News

Increasing clarity on limitations of IFI governance debate

In mid February high-level meetings were held in Washington DC to examine proposals to reform the governance of the World Bank and IMF.

1 April 2003

IFI governance

News

UK government pushing new finance facility

The British government has issued more detailed plans for a bond market mechanism to increase the amount of money spent on development assistance.

1 April 2003

IFI governance

Background

The World Bank and gender

A brief summary of how gender is - or is not - incorporated into World Bank programmes and policies, with links to further resources from both inside the Bank and its critics.

1 April 2003 | Inside the institutions

IFI governance

News

Frustration at limited governance discussions

A serious effort to improve Southern country voice at the institutions would require going far beyond capacity-building to change the composition, voting shares and transparency of the Bank/Fund Boards.

1 April 2003

IFI governance

News

New aspects of IMF voting inequity

A new study reveals complex aspects of the undemocratic nature of the IMF.

28 January 2003

IFI governance

Analysis

Window of opportunity on IFI governance

Discussion of the key issues to be raised when the Development Committee discusses reforms to the governance structure of the IFIs at the Spring Meetings this April.

28 January 2003 | Briefings

IFI governance

News

Europeans urged to coordinate in WB, IMF

Senior officials have recently backed closer European government collaboration on World Bank and IMF policies.

28 January 2003

IFI governance

News

NGO & IFI accountability gaps laid bare

A new report compares the accountability mechanisms of 18 selected global institutions, transnational companies and NGOs.

28 January 2003

IFI governance

News

Bank launches trade tome

The release of Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook signals the World Bank’s rapidly increasing involvement in trade issues, triggering fears that its policy biases will gain too influential a foothold.

24 July 2002