Activists from across the US will converge in Washington to protest at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
International
Environment
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A role for positive conditionality?
A new report from the World Resources Institute examines to what extent, and under what conditions, the World Bank can be an effective proponent of forest policy reform through adjustment lending.
Accountability
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Kenyans reject new WB and IMF lending
The Stakeholders Support Group (SSG), formed by Kenyan opposition party members, lawyers and NGOs, is protesting against the resumption of IMF lending, saying that the government has not made the necessary reforms to stamp out corruption.
Knowledge
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Voices of the Poor study oversold by Bank
In mid-March the World Bank launched the first of a new set of studies, Voices of the Poor.
Finance
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IMF changes its tune on capital controls
A new report from the IMF, Country Experiences with the Use and Liberalization of Capital Controls, reviews experience with the use of capital controls in 14 countries and provides detailed studies of the experience of the use of controls in Chile, India and Malaysia.
Knowledge
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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.
Finance
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Controlling capital flows
A new report by UNCTAD, Capital Flows to Developing Countries and the Reform of the International Financial System, concludes that until ways can be found at the international level to limit financial instability then developing countries should maintain national control over capital flows.
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World Bank backs small-scale projects
In mid-February the World Bank sought to distance itself further from its image as an insensitive backer of huge projects such as steel mills and hydroelectric dams.
Finance
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Global Gamblers
A new report from War on Want, The Global Gamblers, British Banks and the Foreign Exchange Game, finds that banks profit substantially from trading foreign currency during periods of financial instability.
Environment
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Bank environment strategy consultations soon
The Bank plans to launch a series of consultations on its planned new environment strategy.
Private Sector
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Support grows for “rules of game” but no action taken
Slow progress was made during the G7 finance ministers meeting in Tokyo in January on how to involve the private sector in crisis resolution.
IFI governance
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Bank refuses demand for open reform assessment
The World Bank has refused a request from the Bretton Woods Project to allow NGOs and others to give their opinions of the successes and failures of the Bank’s Strategic Compact reform initiative.
