Key European politicians, campaigners and officials met in Brussels to discuss bolder strategies for global governance. They discussed a report by former Danish Prime Minister Poul Rasmussen which recommends significant reducing the roles of the World Bank and IMF.
In July the Global Health Watch 2005 report was released, targeting the BWIs for their role in weakening public health care systems.
Minutes of an experts seminar held on the sidelines of the 2010 Annual Meetings of the IMF, 7 October 2010
Eduardo Gudynas argues that the financial crisis reveals a profound crisis of the multilateral governing system.
The Bretton Woods Project and Research on Money and Finance Group invite you to a panel debate and open Q and A on global financial regulation and the impact of current regulation on developing countries.
Summary of a discussion with German government representatives, Jomo KS of the UN and civil society organisations.
Notes of part of a panel debate chaired by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times, Istanbul, 4 October 2009.
Highlights of a Bank-CSO meeting where Kathy Sierra, Bank vice-president for infrastructure, struck a conciliatory tone, saying that the Bank "intended to learn the lessons of the past".
Mary Robinson and Alice M Miller outline how a human rights framework should be an essential tool in designing strategies, programmes and institutions to help nations mitigate and adapt to climate change. They focus on institutional issues including the role played by the World Bank and highlight reforms needed. Finally they call for building stronger bridges between human rights and development, and between those working on social justice and environmental justice.
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, launched in December a programme to facilitate insurance against natural disasters and weather-related risks in developing countries.
Notes of the seminar of annual meetings 2010
Notes of the seminar of annual meetings 2010
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.
