One year after Oxfam study, IMF making progress on inequality agenda but still needs a fundamental shift
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Latin America & Caribbean
Rights
News
World Bank investment in Paraguayan cattle industry linked to human rights violations and environmental harm
Report links IFC to environmental harm and human rights violations resulting from cattle industry expansion in Paraguay.
Finance
News
Fight Inequality Alliance prepares for Annual Meetings in Bali
Fight Inequality Alliance meets in Brazil to plan action against current shocking levels of inequality and prepare for World Bank and IMF October Annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia.
Conditionality
Analysis
The political cost of IMF programmes
As Jordan is engulfed in social unrest and political upheaval, questions are raised around the relationship between IMF conditionality and trends in instability.
Finance
Analysis
The World Bank and the globalisation of housing finance
In prioritising capital market expansion, the needs of the lowest income groups are not being effectively addressed through World Bank interventions.
Environment
News
World Bank DPL paves way for offshore drilling in Guyana, despite CSO concerns
Bank approves $35 million development policy loan to help Guyana commence offshore drilling, amidst CSO legal challenge to offshore drilling permits
Conditionality
Analysis
Bad news for Argentina: The cruel IMF is back
As Argentina agrees to a $50 billion IMF loan, the ghost of loans past lingers, as protests erupt and strikes begin.
Conditionality
Analysis
The impacts of IMF-backed austerity on women’s rights in Brazil
The IMF and World Bank-endorsed 20 year spending freeze in Brazil disproportionately impacts women and other marginalised groups, despite less harmful alternatives being available
Other news
Accountability
News
CAO opens case in Chile on World Bank project Alto Maipo
In March CAO found a complaint on behalf of communities affected by IFC’s investment in the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project in Chile eligible for further assessment.
Conditionality
News
Suriname walks away from IMF conditionalities
The government of Suriname has cancelled its loan programme with the IMF, claiming its conditionalities were too much to bear for its citizens.
Accountability
News
CSO letter raises concerns about World Bank security personnel safeguards
CSO ICAR submitted a letter to the World Bank about safeguarding provisions on the use of public and private security personnel. Concerns were raised about the inappropriate use of force and high-risk situations.
IFI governance
Background
Engaging citizens for better development results
Notes from IEG-sponsored citizen's engagement civil society policy forum session - 19 April
Private Sector
Background
Why impact investments can be an effective tool for social development
Notes of spring meeting session on impact investments, 18 April.
Conditionality
News
Peru CSOs demand World Bank accountability
Peruvian CSOs have raised concerns about the development of Peru's Country Partnership Framework in an open letter to the World Bank.
Private Sector
News
World Bank arbitration mechanism ICSID rules in favour of El Salvador
ICSID, a World Bank arm for investor-state dispute arbitration, ruled that the $250 million case brought by Pac Rim Cayman against El Salvador in 2009 was without merit.
Rights
News
Calls for the World Bank to suspend funding to Honduras amid continued human rights concerns
Civil society responds to World Bank president Jim Yong Kim statement on human rights abuses and displacement by calls for the World Bank to suspend funding to Honduras amid continued human rights concerns.
Featured briefings
3 October 2018
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 2018
25 September 2018
The Bretton Woods Observer: Autumn 2018
25 July 2018
The World Bank and the globalisation of housing finance
In prioritising capital market expansion, the needs of the lowest income groups are not being effectively addressed through World Bank interventions.