Location: North America

Spring Meetings 2022 Wrap-Up: Progress on key issues side-tracked by Ukraine invasion and BWIs’ own sense of driftSpring Meetings 2022 Preamble: War in Ukraine risks deepening divergent recovery as World Bank and IMF prepare for Spring MeetingsArgentine civil society denounces new IMF agreement as illegitimateCivil society campaign urges IMF to stop using punitive surchargesAlto Maipo: Harms endure due to MDBs’ lack of proper due diligenceAnnual Meetings Wrap-up: despite urgent climate and development needs, geopolitics and deference to private finance rule the dayAnnual Meetings 2021 Preamble: IMF and World Bank face existential questions in midst of global health and climate crisesIMF surcharges: A necessary tool or counter-productive obstacle to a just and green recovery?Making the Most of Special Drawing Rights: Approaches to maximise impact and create a sustainable and just recoveryNew US treasury guidance introduces limits for US support for fossil fuels at World BankMalpass makes World Bank a pariah with opposition to TRIPS waiverSpring Meetings 2021 wrap up: Socialism for those who can afford it, neoliberalism for the restDevelopment Committee communiqué analysis – Spring 2021IMFC communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2021G20 communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2021Tip of the iceberg: How the call for SDRs reveals the urgency for deeper reforms of the global reserve system to address systemic inequalitiesG20 debt proposal continues to favour creditorsBiden, the Bank and IMF: A break with ‘America first’ or its continued pursuit through multilateral means?Annual Meetings 2020 Wrap Up: Bank and Fund struggle to implement sustainable recovery as private sector dashes hopes of debt relief progressG20 communiqué analysis – Annual Meetings 2020