The World Bank is considering lifting its ban on direct financing of logging in primary moist tropical forests, encapsulated in its 1991 Forest Policy.
Scientists from 99 nations issued a report in late January that predicted severe climate change.
Activists from across the US will converge in Washington to protest at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
Debates on international finance are taken further in a new book which argues for the democratization of money creation and a new basis for the work of the IMF.
While India is pushing for the World Bank’s Global Infrastructure Facility, the US voted against IFC support for a Saudi Arabian corporation linked to coal power and an Inspection Panel case was registered for a Nepal power transmission project. Concerns were also raised on infrastructure projects in India, Nepal and Burma.
The World Bank continues its strong marketing push for PPPs, despite concerns raised by IMF, IEG, civil society and the Bank’s own publications.
This briefing analyses the role of the Bank and Fund in the UN Financing for Development negotiations.
Detailed analysis of the communiqués from the 2014 World Bank and IMF spring meetings.
Bretton Woods Project coverage of the 2014 spring meetings with links to analysis of the communiqués and notes of key civil society and official meetings.
New briefing by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project highlights research showing that IMF policy advice has undermined a just energy transition since the Paris Agreement was signed.
