4 April 2019
World Bank's board fails to live up to commitments to open, transparent and merit-based selection process for Bank president.
World Bank Enabling the Business of Agriculture rankings prescribe land privatisation at the expense of family farmers, pastoralists, and Indigenous Peoples.
As debt crises across the African continent continue to soar, concerns are raised about the gendered impact of debt-servicing conditions imposed by international financial institutions.
As the IMF publishes new SDG site, meaningful policy realignment remains lacking while business-as-usual continues at IMF.
As IMF warns of fiscal risks to PPPs, it continues to back them through policy advice and fiscal consolidation.
General Secretary of Tunisia's largest trade union calls for an overhaul of the IMF's approach to bring about socially just expansionary policies, after strikes overturn IMF-backed wage bill
Bank releases new targets for 'climate-related investments' between 2021-2025, but fails to introduce new restrictions on fossil fuel finance.
US Supreme Court rejects IFC's immunity from suits in the US in landmark case
UN releases Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms, begging the question of how the IMF will respond.
Two new CSO reports document inadequate response by states, the IMF and World Bank.
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.
