The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2017.
While the Fund and Bank defended trade and globalisation, their rhetoric focused on the perils of inequality and need for inclusive growth
Read about the vision, purpose, activities and structure of the Bretton Woods Project.
Notes of a meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson on 22 September 2017.
CSOs argue DBR’s deregulation policies do not lower income inequality or promote inclusive economic growth, instead incentivising tax competition and undermining inclusive development.
Team of UK academics launch new, freely available IMF conditionality database.
Every year the Bretton Woods Project highlights some of the most farcical remarks of Fund and World Bank staff.
Civil society was out in full force during annual meetings challenging the IMF’s claims that it is reducing economic and gender inequality.
Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors submits letter to the IMF expressing concerns about impacts of Fund's policies on social protection.
CEPR report found that two-thirds of extreme poverty during past 25 years took place in China, which did not follow World Bank and IMF neoliberal policies.
152 CSOs call demand World Bank halt its aggressive support of PPPs, publicaly recognise their significant risks.
Civil society seeks to input into IFC's new development outcomes framework.
At the 80th anniversary of the World Bank and IMF, global civil society must maintain pressure on the Brazilian and South African G20 presidencies to ensure the forth Financing for Development Conference in 2025 results in urgently required international financial architecture reform.
Multilateral development banks can reduce their dependence on hard currency lending and make local currency financing a central element of their developmental mandate.
