We are delighted to welcome Petra Kjell as the new head of the Project's work programme on climate and the environment, human rights and social impacts, taking over from Ama Marston.
Western Europe
Bretton Woods Project Coordinator - application instructions
Instructions for submitting job applications for Bretton Woods Project Coordinator position - deadline 1700 London time, Tuesday 14 February 2012.
IFI governance
News
DFID's multilateral funding questioned
The UK parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the government's rationale for increasing funds to multilateral agencies, such as the World Bank.
Accountability
News
Analysis in conflict WDR criticised
The World Bank's 2011 World Development Report (WDR) on Conflict, Security and Violence was challenged in a paper published in the Journal of International Development.
Accountability
News
IMF plays "second fiddle" as governments fall in the eurozone
As the eurozone debt crisis escalates and protests multiply, the IMF increasingly appears side-lined. Italy's calling in of the Fund for "verification" of implementation of its EU-agreed austerity package symbolises the limits of its influence and resources.
Land
News
IFC accused of standards breach over Ugandan land grab
A September report by NGO Oxfam International includes criticism of forestry operations in Uganda in which the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has a stake.
Accountability
News
Bank's procurement rules "rigid"
The UK House of Commons International Development Committee (IDC) has expressed concerns that “when bidding for infrastructure projects, local contractors often do not stand a chance against international bidders, partly due to rigid rules used by multilateral development banks (MDBs) such as the European Union (EU) and the World Bank. ”
Accountability
Background
UK civil society meeting with HM Treasury and UK IMF Executive Director
Notes meeting Alex Gibbs September 2011
Land
Background
Notes of meeting between Minister Alan Duncan, the UK Department for International Development and C
Meeting notes
Accountability
Background
Notes of meeting between UK Executive Director to World Bank and Civil Society Groups
Civil society organisations met UK Executive Director to the World Bank and staff from the Department for International Development to discuss water, the Bank's private sector approach, health and nutrition, safeguards review and energy strategy.
Finance
News
UK announces priorities for World Bank
In August the UK released its priorities for reform of the World Bank.
Social services
News
Bondholders vs the public: Outcry over IMF-EU eurozone loans
The sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone, where Greece now needs a second round of loans, threatens major economies like Spain and Italy, but IMF-backed lending packages that demand deep austerity with insufficient attention to lenders' responsibilities anger the public.
