Civil society organisations has highlighted that the critical needs of people with disabilities and children are not being addressed by the World Bank’s safeguards review.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Rights
News
Nigeria forced evictions case before Inspection Panel
A case of forced evictions in the Nigerian city of Lagos has been submitted to the World Bank's Inspection Panel.
Conditionality
Analysis
IMF conditionality and its discontents
A new study shows a significant worldwide pattern of protests targeting the IMF, reflecting the increase in IMF influence through loan programmes with austerity conditions attached and indirect pressure on governments.
Environment
Analysis
Kenya evictions: foreshadowing future World Bank forest work?
Indigenous peoples have been evicted from their forests by a conservation project in Kenya funded by the World Bank. The Bank is currently drafting a new forests action plan.
Finance
Analysis
The IFIs in 2013: year in review
The Bretton Woods Project review of the most important developments at the World Bank and IMF in 2013.
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.
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.
Environment
Analysis
A mine of controversy: World Bank push for large scale extractives
New concerns have been raised on the World Bank’s involvement in the Simandou mine in Guinea, including on the use of biodiversity offsets, while civil society has repeated unaddressed concerns on the Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi mine. Further concerns have been raised on mines in Dominican Republic, Peru and South Africa.
Infrastructure
News
Nigeria and IFC in talks on national gas pipeline
The government of Nigeria and the IFC have begun talks for the funding of a national gas pipeline network in the south of Nigeria.
Rights
News
IMF labours its point on job market "flexibility"
As the IMF releases its operational guidance and country case studies relating to its April policy paper, the ITUC challenged the focus on labour market flexibility.
Environment
Analysis
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Chapter of CIFs Monitor 8 on the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Environment
Analysis
Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)
Chapter of CIFs Monitor 8 on the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)
