At the end of June IUCN and the World Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their partnership agreement.
International
IFI governance
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Strategic Compact assessment
The Bretton Woods Project recently obtained two documents in which the World Bank evaluates progress of its Strategic Compact internal reform initiative and sets out strategy for the next few years.
Knowledge
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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.
Conditionality
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Social Principles limited to crisis situations
The Bank’s paper on best practices for implementing the social principles will be discussed by the Board on 10 September.
Environment
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Climate proposals queried
Many NGOs wrote to the Bank raising questions about the proposed Prototype Carbon Fund, adopted by the Board in July.
Knowledge
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“Knowledge Bank” claims queried
The Bretton Woods Project has received copies of draft papers by two academics critically querying the World Bank’s claims to have become a “knowledge bank”.
IFI governance
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New Bank environment review
The World Bank’s Operations Evaluation Department is carrying out a review of “Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Development”.
Knowledge
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Bank learns European ABCDE
The World Bank held its first Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics - Europe this June in Paris.
Environment
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NGO review of Bank social assessments
US NGO grouping InterAction is reviewing Bank social assessments.
Finance
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Bank to guarantee economic policy reforms
The World Bank Board recently agreed that the Bank can extend its partial credit guarantee instrument to cover structural and social policy reforms.
WB/IMF roles
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Bank to convene new public policy fora
The World Bank is considering setting up new fora to discuss issues of global importance which are not being effectively handled by existing national or international mechanisms.
Rights
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Civil society engagement in Consultative Groups
UK NGO Christian Aid has begun a research project on the role of civil society groups in Consultative Group and Round Table donor coordination and planning bodies.
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IMF surveillance and climate change transition risks
New briefing by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project highlights research showing that IMF policy advice has undermined a just energy transition since the Paris Agreement was signed.