A new paper from the World Resources Institute examines the World Bank’s use of adjustment lending to promote policy reform for favourable environmental outcomes.
International
IFI governance
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New Bank NGO chief unveils plans
This spring Willy Reuben left a Costa Rican NGO to join the World Bank as head of its NGO Unit.
Knowledge
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Implementing the Bank’s new “Comprehensive Framework”
The Bank has established a secretariat to coordinate work on the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), the initiative on donor coordination and integrated analysis launched in January.
Knowledge
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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.
Social services
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Education Now
Oxfam International (OI) has launched a new campaign, Education Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty, calling for high-quality universal primary education by 2015.
Private Sector
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Elections “don’t matter”: says Indonesia fund manager
Foreigners may not know much about these parties, they may not care much, but at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter who wins as long as the IMF and World Bank are still calling the shots.
Accountability
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World Bank appoints senior policy compliance advisor
The World Bank Group has appointed the first IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor/Ombudsperson.
IFI governance
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Bank health loans fail check-up
The World Bank’s Operations Evaluation Unit recently criticised Bank loans for Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP).
Knowledge
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Absolute poverty rising: targets doubtful
New World Bank estimates suggest that 1.5bn people live in abject poverty, up from 1.
Private Sector
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MIGA policies finalised
In May the Board of Directors of MIGA, the World Bank Group’s private sector risk guarantee arm, agreed new policies and procedures.
Knowledge
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New Bank wisdom on economic crises
The Bank has identified 5 main ways in which macroeconomic crises affect the poor.
IFI governance
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Bank hires UK corporate governance expert
This summer Anne Simpson will leave Pensions and Investment Research Consultants to develop the World Bank’s corporate governance strategy for the private sector.
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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.