United Kingdom

Environment

Background

Highlights of meeting between Tom Scholar and UK NGOS

Highlights of meeting between Tom Scholar and UK NGOS

28 June 2005 | Minutes

Accountability

News

G8 cancellation of World Bank, IMF debt: "step forward"

Finance ministers of the world's richest countries agreed to write off $40 to $55 billion of debts owed to the World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank. Statements on aid effectiveness and trade in the final communiqu

13 June 2005

IFI governance

Background

The executive boards of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (archive)

contribution from Tom Scholar, UK executive director to the World Bank and IMF

13 June 2005 | Inside the institutions

IFI governance

News

Response from Prime Minister Tony Blair to letter on Wolfowitz appointment

10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 15 April 2005 From the Private Secretary Dear Mr…

11 May 2005 | Letters

IFI governance

News

Highlights of UK NGO meeting with DFID and HMT on WB/IMF spring meetings

Highlights of a 6 April 2005 meeting between UK NGOs and representatives of the UK Department for International Development and Treasury in advance of the spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF.

30 April 2005

Accountability

Background

UK NGO meeting with executive director Tom Scholar: uncorrected highlights 4 April 2005

Minutes of Spring meeting with Tom Scholar and UK NGOs in London

28 April 2005 | Minutes

IFI governance

News

Bretton Woods Project statement on the Wolfowitz nomination to head the World Bank

Paul Wolfowitz is utterly inappropriate to head the World Bank.

17 March 2005

IFI governance

News

Letter to UK Prime Minister from NGOs regarding Wolfowitz's nomination

Letter from UK NGOs to Tony Blair regarding the nomination of Wolfowitz for President of the World Bank

17 March 2005 | Letters

Conditionality

News

Bank review of the use of loan conditions takes shape

The scope of a year-long review of the conditions that the Bank attaches to its lending is becoming clearer, but differences with the Fund remain.

2 February 2005

Environment

Background

UK NGO meeting with Executive Director Tom Scholar

Uncorrected highlights of a 14 December meeting between UK NGOs and UK Executive Director to the World Bank and IMF, Tom Scholar.

16 December 2004 | Minutes

Environment

News

Baku Ceyhan pipeline under scrutiny

The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline has come under renewed scrutiny just over one year after receiving…

22 November 2004

IFI governance

News

UK evaluates World Bank; publishes new strategy

The UK's Department for International Development has published an evaluation of the World Bank's work over the past three years.

15 November 2004