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Environment

Analysis

10 July 2009 | At Issue

Are climate pilots building towards the right climate architecture?

Current climate pilot projects, many of which are housed under the World Bank, are not leading us towards an equitable and effective post 2012 climate architecture envisioned by NGOs in the UK and beyond.

Finance

Commentary

10 July 2009 | Guest comment

Hungary and the IMF: indebted future

In Hungary, the IMF seems to be modestly improving its flexibility and conditionality compared to its dreadful practices in previous decades. However, a still distinctively neoliberal vision of how economies work is in play attributable as much to the Hungarian government as to the IMF. The deficits of democracy and poor economic governance in Hungary make our indebted future increasingly bleak.

Infrastructure

News

10 July 2009

Controversy over REDD credits

An article in the Economist highlights that no market has been formalised for trading carbon credits generated by programmes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)

IFI governance

News

10 July 2009

Reviews fail to erase doubts over World Bank conditionality

Reviews of World Bank development policy lending and poverty and social impact analysis leave questions as to the extent to which the Bank's budget support in developing countries targets pro-poor initiatives.

IFI governance

Background

10 July 2009 | Inside the institutions

The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), part of the World Bank Group, is an arbitration forum between governments and foreign investors to settle investment disputes. Two thirds of international investment disputes go through ICSID.

Environment

News

10 July 2009

U-turn on Doing Business: time to withdraw from the knowledge bank?

The World Bank Group has recently admitted that some crucial assumptions of its Doing Business report were misguided, and faces a fundamental critique of its knowledge role.

Finance

News

10 July 2009

Record World Bank lending

In June, the World Bank announced record levels of lending with much of the funding for infrastructure projects, where the Bank's record has been particularly controversial.

Infrastructure

News

10 July 2009

Controversy continues: The World Bank's hydropower

A recent paper by Bank staff, which argues for enhanced support of large hydropower projects, has reignited controversy over the Bank's approach, with NGOs claiming that project planning and implementation still show disregard for social and environmental considerations.

Rights

News

10 July 2009

The IFC: opportunist expansion?

The financial crisis has resulted in an expanded role for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), but its methods may leave a bitter taste with civil society.

IFI governance

News

10 July 2009

IMF austerity chills crisis countries

Criticism of the IMF continues to mount as some crisis lending dishes out heavy conditionality. Meanwhile emerging markets have agreed to stump up the cash to refill the Funds coffers, but only on their own terms.

IFI governance

News

17 April 2009

2009 World Bank-IMF spring meetings schedule

Tentative schedule of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington, April 25 - 26, 2009.

Rights

News

17 April 2009

World Bank's "environment" loan to Brazil: for what?

Once again the World Bank is lending money to Brazil, but without adequate transparency or participation of civil society.