La 13a revisione delle quote del Fondo Monetario Internazionale ha generato un forte dibattito sulla necessit
The IMF should implement a double majority voting system that requires the achievement of two separate majorities - one based on one-country one-vote and the other on economically weighted quotas - for any decision to be made. This paper describes this system as a state-weight double majority, reflecting the two components of the suggested approach.
Minutes of a consultation between UK NGOs and HM Treasury on IMF governance, 4 April 2007
Highlights of a civil society dialogue on Bank/Fund governance during the spring meetings 2007
Coverage of the communiques from the G24, G7, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
Highlights of a 19 October discussion on the reform of IMF governance at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2007.
The shareholders of the IMF have squandered the political will for governance reform of the institution by making marginal changes that will fail to shift the balance of power.
The session focused on the World Bank's development strategy, poverty eradication goals, global inequality, and the threat of climate change.
A forthcoming World Bank commissioned book on large dams stresses their purported economic benefits whilst inadequately addressing serious social and environmental costs. The book is a further indicator of the Bank's preference for large dams.
The financial crisis has shrunk credit availability to the private sector, including in developing countries. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to step into the gap, but there are questions about the likely development impact and implementation of environmental and social safeguards.
Notes of the seminar of annual meetings 2010
The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds - the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF).
