The tussle about what the WDR should and should not emphasize demonstrates that there are forces inside and outside the World Bank hostile to even a modest modification of the dominant paradigm on development.
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Wolfensohn takes a break
Bank President James Wolfensohn announced in mid-July that he was taking a six week sabbatical.
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Poverty Conference Conclusions
The e-conference to discuss the World Bank’s Poverty World Development Report has concluded with a clear statement of what the WDR team plan to do to change their draft.
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The power of World Bank knowledge
By Michael Goldman * For the enormous power and global reach the World Bank has…
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WDR e-conference a success
The electronic conference on the draft Poverty World Development Report co-organised by the Bretton Woods Project in February and March attracted 1,500 participants and sparked a fascinating exchange of views.
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Next WDR on institutions
The WDR 2001/2002 will focus on the institutional infrastructure necessary for a strong and well-functioning market economy.
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Globalization, urbanization, environment assessed
The Bank’s World Development Report 1999-2000, due out in mid-September, will examine globalization, localization, urbanization, and environmental change, presenting their implications for institutions and for policy.
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Independent e-conference on Poverty WDR first draft
The Bretton Woods Project will run an electronic conference to discuss the first draft of the World Bank’s Poverty World Development Report.
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WDR to tackle trade, finance, global environment
The World Bank’s 1999/2000 World Development Report, due for release in September, will contain much material of interest to NGOs working on international policy issues.
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Poverty WDR virtual consultations
In September the World Bank organised an electronic consultation on its planned poverty World Development Report, due out October 2000.
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16 October 2024
The Bretton Woods Observer: Autumn 2024
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The lost call for international financial architecture reform in the G20
At the 80th anniversary of the World Bank and IMF, global civil society must maintain pressure on the Brazilian and South African G20 presidencies to ensure the forth Financing for Development Conference in 2025 results in urgently required international financial architecture reform.
16 October 2024
Sustainable development requires sustainable finance: why local currency financing is part of the solution
Multilateral development banks can reduce their dependence on hard currency lending and make local currency financing a central element of their developmental mandate.