One year after Oxfam study, IMF making progress on inequality agenda but still needs a fundamental shift
Argentina
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.
Finance
News
UK NGO calls for measures to address unsustainable debt payment risk
Jubilee Debt Campaign’s new report calls for “urgent measures” to “prevent a new debt crisis” highlighting the risk of the ongoing lending boom to impoverished countries as IMF discusses contractual reforms.
IFI governance
Background
Sovereign debt restructuring: options, obstacles and opportunities
Notes of a meeting on sovereign debt restructuring at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
IFI governance
Background
After SCOTUS: Next steps in sovereign debt restructuring
Notes of a meeting on sovereign debt restructuring after SCOTUS at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
Finance
News
UN backs sovereign debt mechanism
UN votes to adopt developing countries’ resolution on a legal framework for debt resolution, independent of creditors, including the IMF.
Finance
News
Argentina's creditors accused of “vulture-like behaviour”
Argentina has agreed a deal with its Paris Club creditors, which have been accused of aggressive behaviour in demanding repayment of double the original debt.
Finance
Background
Financial tremors in developing countries: is another earthquake on the way?
Aldo Caliari Monetary policy changes in rich world are now starting – the reversal of…
Rights
News
Witness: The World Bank's damage to communities and the environment
Bretton Woods Project and Oxfam are pleased to invite you to a meeting with leading activists including from Cameroon, India, and Argentina who are visiting London as part of a European lobby tour. 11 March 2014 at 14:30.
IFI governance
News
Calls for IMF quota reform implementation
Countries, including Russia and India, have continued to express concerns over the failure to complete the 2010 IMF quota reform.
Private Sector
Analysis
ICSID and Latin America
Latin American states are actively exploring alternative mechanisms to the ICSID state-investor dispute mechanism which they claim has investor bias.
Finance
Analysis
The IMF’s debt restructuring dilemma
Burgeoning debt levels, and problems in Jordan and Philippines, indicate that debt crises are not behind us. While the IMF considers policy changes, an influential group of scholars has proposed a new Fund facility for handling sovereign debt restructuring.
