Conditionality
Analysis
The World Bank’s water and sanitation policies in Tunisia
28 September 2023
A roundup of key news and critical viewpoints published about the World Bank and IMF
Finance
News
World Bank chief sees $100 bln-plus lending boost from capital moves
Conditionality
Analysis
IMF: Austerity loan conditions risk undermining rights
Finance
News
Fernández criticizes IMF in last United Nations speech
Accountability
News
World Bank Group under fire for backing toxic and unnecessary Java 9 & 10 coal project in Indonesia
Environment
News
The World Bank is talking climate but funneling billions into oil and gas projects
Conditionality
Analysis
UN report reveals multidimensional social catastrophe in Sri Lanka
Environment
News
Climate crisis more than giving women cookstoves
Finance
News
African Union asks IMF for $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights for climate crisis
Finance
News
UN chief says IMF, World Bank need urgent reforms
Finance
Analysis
Use of Special Drawing Rights: The cases of Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay
Featured briefings
27 September 2023
Financialisation and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
This briefing explains how the IMF and World Bank have driven the financialisation of MENA states, and the pervasive negative effects this has had on the region’s societies and economies.
19 July 2023
The Bretton Woods Observer: Summer 2023
3 July 2023
Civil Society calls for rethink of World Bank’s ‘evolution roadmap’ as part of wider reforms to highly unequal global financial architecture
Joint civil society briefing paper highlights concerns with the World Bank’s Evolution Roadmap, and provides a series of recommendations for a Roadmap that prioritises people, participation and the planet over profit and economic growth.