International

Knowledge

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Official report critiques Bank poverty strategy

A new report, commissioned by the Government of Norway, reveals that the World Bank has a long way to go in clarifying and operationalising its poverty reduction objectives.

15 September 1998

Rights

News

Mining conference

A World Bank conference this July in Padang, Papua New Guinea, discussed “mining and the community in South-East Asia” but many NGOs known to represent mine-affected people were not invited.

15 September 1998

Knowledge

News

What is the WDR for, and how is it produced?

Given the lack of clarity and satisfaction about how WDRs are produced, and the difficulty of persuading the authors to recognise and include alternative views, the Bretton Woods Project has written to the Bank asking for a formal explanation.

15 September 1998

Finance

News

Preventing private sector debt crises

In addition to extending the IMF’s role, its governors have been examining measures to prevent future financial sector crises.

15 April 1998

Rights

News

IMF PR tour

The IMF is holding a meeting in late May in Ghana to explain its strategy to NGOs there.

15 April 1998

Knowledge

News

Stiglitz questions outdated “Washington consensus”

Giving the WIDER annual lecture in Helsinki the World Bank Chief Economist called for a…

15 April 1998

News

WTO protests grow

The Second Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva was marked by protests in many countries.

15 April 1998

Knowledge

News

CAS analysis improves, but still limited

The quality of Bank country assistance strategies (CASs) has improved in the last two years, concludes a recent Bank review.

15 April 1998

IFI governance

News

Bank’s “new” adjustment programmes reviewed

The Bank is just completing a review of three years of "Higher Impact Adjustment Lending"…

15 April 1998

Rights

News

NGO approach debated

In March the Bank Board discussed the Bank’s approach to NGOs.

15 April 1998

IFI governance

News

Adjusting the SPA

Donor procedures and aid coordination have improved and resource flows to Sub-Saharan African countries increased under the Special Programme of Assistance for Africa (SPA), according to a recent report.

15 April 1998

Finance

News

Loan costs set to rise

Borrowers from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the main World Bank lending arm, may have to pay higher charges for their loans in the future.

15 April 1998