MIT Press has just published a fascinating analysis of efforts to change the World Bank.
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East Asia Crisis group examines NGO roles
The World Bank has established an East Asia Crisis working group to tackle some of the social aspects of the financial crisis.
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Senior Bank environment post kept after NGO letter
A joint NGO letter recently helped prevent a plan by World Bank Managing Directors to axe the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Vice Presidency (ESSD).
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Bank builds muscle to deal with crises
The Bank will spend $50m over the next two years recruiting financial sector experts for a new Special Financial Operations unit.
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Dams Commission Nears Agreement
The World Commission on Dams, looks likely to start operations this Spring.
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NGOWG Restructuring
The NGO World Bank Working Group is in the process of restructuring to become more regional and more representative.
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Counter Summit Plans
The world’s richest countries’ annual summit will take place in Birmingham, UK, this year from 15-17 May.
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Good Governance for BWIs
The IMF and World Bank should reform their constitutional rules and decision-making procedures and practices if they are to achieve the standard of good governance they themselves have defined for borrowing members.
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World Bank Plans Profitable CO2 Trading
The Kyoto climate change meeting in December brought together ministers from 160 countries to agree binding restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.
