28 September 2018
As inequality in Asia continues to deepen, civil society renews calls for IMF and World Bank to be held accountable for exacerbating inequality.
The World Bank’s recent gender equality approach constitutes an attempt at establishing a consensus over the regulation of the economy.
One year after Oxfam study, IMF making progress on inequality agenda but still needs a fundamental shift
IEG critiques of Bank operations in FCS gain relevance as stakeholders push Bank to increase lending.
As World Bank prepares to launch its Human Capital Index at the upcoming Annual Meetings in Indonesia, long-standing critiques of Human Capital Theory remain.
The Coalition of Jakarta Residents Opposing Water Privatisation (KMMSAJ) calls for civil society groups globally to join them during Annual Meetings in Bali in protest against water privatisation
Report links IFC to environmental harm and human rights violations resulting from cattle industry expansion in Paraguay.
Isabel Alvarez and Ella Hopkins join the Bretton Woods Project as Communications Manager and Gender Project Officer, respectively
Alarm bells ringing as Ukraine struggles to meet IMF conditionality on fuel prices and anti-corruption approach criticised
Significant concerns also remain about environmental and social impacts of mega-infrastructure project partially financed by World Bank.
Expert panel publishes third external evaluation of IMF's accountability mechanism, finding impact of independent evaluations lacking
This Inside the Institutions looks at the role of the World Bank in carbon finance initiatives
As Greece exits eight-year loan programme from the Troika, new study shines light on damaging impact of Troika-imposed austerity on country’s health outcomes.
As the world celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is time the IMF’s shareholders use the opportunities provided by the anniversary and growing calls for reforms to the international financial architecture to redesign the IMF’s governance structures and programmes to ensure they are consistent with the commitments outlined in 1948 and with international human rights law.
Influence of unreformed international financial institutions and creditor interests in debt solutions in low- and middle-income countries plagued by delay and ineffective when undertaken.
