The IMF's role and financial health have been brought into further question as a result of the early repayment of two of its largest debtors.
Latin America & Caribbean
Accountability
News
Guatemala mine: IFC response
IFC responds to a highly critical assessment of the Marlin mine in Guatemala by the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.
Accountability
News
World Bank loan at human rights tribunal
Argentine NGO CEDHA has filed a complaint to the IFC's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman on a pulp and paper mill project in Uruguay.
Accountability
Background
Dam review 5 years on: lessons not learned
Brief update of some of the key concerns and projects in relation to Bank-funded hydropower five years on from the WCD and the Bank's failure to adopt many of the WCD recommendations
Accountability
News
Haiti - “year of progress” or whitewash?
A letter from Haitian solidarity NGOs, faith groups and academics was sent to president Wolfowitz in August to protest the Bank's mis-portrayal of the situation in the country.
Finance
News
Ecuador stands ground
Ecuador's new president has claimed he will not back down on oil revenues
Conditionality
News
Parliamentarians go to Washington to demand greater oversight
Parliamentarians from eight countries travelled to Washington for the Bank-Fund spring meetings to present the…
Social services
Analysis
Secretive World Bank tribunal confronts calls to open up
Civil society groups are backing official calls for reform of the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes - however, the future of the reforms looks uncertain due to resistance from developing countries.
Accountability
News
Further violations at IFC-backed mine
A summary of anti-mining activity in Guatemala and an update on the Marlin mine investigation by the CAO.
Rights
News
Cautious dialogue as conflict over water continues
The deep freeze on communications between the World Bank’s water unit and civil society groups thawed a little at a recent dialogue. A revolt against private sector participation in Bolivia shows just how far there is to go.
Rights
News
IFC-backed mine violates Guatemalan law
One person was killed and ten were injured when the Guatemalan police and military took action to disperse protesters blocking a convoy of mining equipment destined for an IFC-funded gold mine.
Finance
News
Charging interest on bullets: Calls mount for debt cancellation
High-profile debt cases in South Asia, Argentina and Iraq are leading to increased calls worldwide for independent tribunals to determine which debts are not legally enforceable.
