From Latin America to North Africa and the Middle East, governments experience backlash against IMF loan programmes and policy recommendations.
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Latin America & Caribbean
IFI governance
Analysis
Annual Meetings wrap-up: Bretton Woods Institutions continue sleepwalking, as economic uncertainty and social tensions intensify
Seventy-five years after their founding, the World Bank and IMF held their Annual Meetings amidst heightened fears of another global financial crisis.
Conditionality
Analysis
IMF Ecuador agreement undermines workers’ rights
IMF programme raises questions over unconstitutional attack on workers' rights.
Environment
News
Links between Amazon deforestation and World Bank exposed
IFC equity investment linked to development of key Brazilian transport corridor, leading to accelerated deforestation in the area.
Finance
News
Why did the IMF fail to take pre-emptive measures in Argentina?
Effectiveness of IMF’s approach questioned, as Argentina undergoes technical default.
Land
Analysis
The highest bidder takes it all: The World Bank's new scheme to privatise land in the Global South
World Bank Enabling the Business of Agriculture rankings prescribe land privatisation at the expense of family farmers, pastoralists, and Indigenous Peoples.
Rights
News
Will IMF stick its head in the sand on human rights Guiding Principles?
UN releases Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms, begging the question of how the IMF will respond.
Gender
Analysis
The IMF and Gender Equality: Operationalising Change
Latest IMF guidance on gender issues raises more questions than answers as it opens the door to impact assessments and alternative macro policies.
Other news
Environment
Background
World Bank Group Paris Alignment: Governance & private sector participation in the energy sector
Notes from a Civil Society Policy Forum event on 16 October.
Gender
Background
Cutting to the core: Rethinking the IMF’s way of doing business to tackle gender inequalities
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum panel event on 17 October on the IMF’s approach to gender.
Environment
Background
The IMF & climate change: Can the Fund help countries avoid a ‘climate Minsky moment’?
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum event on 18 October on the role of the IMF in tackling climate risk.
Gender
Background
Sexual orientation & gender identity – considering risk mitigation within World Bank programming
This Civil Society Policy Forum Session was co-sponsored by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce,…
Rights
News
IFC announces changes to environmental and social framework after loss of immunity in the US
IFC announces changes to environment and social safeguards after historic United States Supreme Court ruling.
Infrastructure
Background
Sustainable Infrastructure: Aligning with Rights and the SDGs
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum event on 10 April, which looked at sustainable infrastructure from fiscal, rights and climate lenses.
Rights
News
World Bank dispute arbitration mechanism publishes proposed rule changes
The World Bank-funded International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has published its proposed changes to its rules for resolving disputes between states and foreign investors, with ongoing consultation.
IFI governance
News
IMF appoints Gita Gopinath as its first female chief economist
IMF's new chief economist views on exchange rates considered unorthodox
