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Analysis

27 November 2008 | At Issue

The World Bank, the IFC and the antecedents of the financial crisis

The financial crisis seemed to come out of the blue, but Paulo dos Santos of the University of London argues that the ground was laid by financial sector privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation. Far from these trends being confined to the rich world, the World Bank and the IFC have played a key role in pushing these policies throughout emerging markets, exposing them to the fallout of the financial crisis.

IFI governance

News

12 October 2008

Annual meetings 2008: Communiqués coverage

Coverage of the communiqu

Rights

Background

14 October 2008 | Minutes

Resettlement, the IFIs, and Equator Principles: Research and Action

Workshop at World Bank annual meetings (8 October 2008), sponsored by Bank Information Center (BIC), International Network on Displacement and Resettlement (INDR), International Accountability Project (IAP).

IFI governance

News

22 October 2008

Civil society activities

We aim to use this page as a place to catalogue the latest civil society activity and analysis in relation to a new international conference on monetary and financial cooperation.

Finance

News

30 October 2008

UK seminar: A coherent civil society response to the financial crisis

On 28 October, more than 40 representatives of NGOs, development organisations, labour unions, think tanks, academia and the media came together in London to discuss how to take forward demands for a fundamental redesign of the international financial system. The main themes for the day were about creating a system that works to improve people's live, reduce poverty, and protect the environment.

Environment

Background

31 October 2008 | Minutes

Carbon Finance and the World Bank

World Bank funding of carbon financing

Finance

Commentary

14 November 2008 | Press release

Coalition demands Brown put people and the environment at the heart of fundamental reform of the int

Today, a UK coalition of 24 of the most influential trade unions, development charities, environmental groups and religious leaders wrote to the Prime Minister calling on him to put people and the environment at the heart of the international economic system. The letter was sent as Gordon Brown leaves for the G20 Summit in Washington on Saturday 15 November

IFI governance

News

17 November 2008

G20 heads of state meeting 15th November 2008

Despite being billed as a 'Bretton Woods 2' meeting, the first G20 head of state meeting in Washington agreed little of substance, and was criticised for an opaque, closed preparation process.

Finance

News

27 November 2008

International economic architecture: cleaning up the mess?

The G20 group of large economies met in Washington on 15 November to discuss reform of the international economic architecture, but the summit failed to live up to the 'Bretton Woods 2' label some had given it. As the economic crisis continues to unfold, pressure for fundamental change to rebuild and repair the crumbling financial and economic architecture can only continue to grow.

IFI governance

News

27 November 2008

New international economic architecture

The financial and economic crises have brought out a plethora of ideas for reforming the international financial architecture. Below, we highlight a few of the many different blueprints.

Land

News

27 November 2008

Financial and food crises

While food commodity prices have dropped from their peaks earlier in the year, the role financial liberalisation played in causing the crisis and whether it can help resolve it are still being debated.

IFI governance

News

27 November 2008

IFI governance reform: rumbling slowly on?

Minor changes to World Bank governance were agreed at this year's annual meetings, with a timetable for further reform that could stretch to 2011. As pressure grows for fundamental reform of the international financial architecture, it is unclear whether this process will continue, and if the issue of IMF governance will be reopened.