Bretton Woods Observer
COVID-19 crisis highlights urgency of reconsidering World Bank’s MFD approach
Looming financial crisis has roots in Bank’s privatisation, financialisation and deregulation agenda.
Recipe for disaster: The IMF and World Bank’s role in the financialisation of food and agriculture
World Bank and IMF contribute to financialisation and coorperatisation of agriculture contributing to food insecurity, concentration of power and climate…
Fracking’s false hope: Why fossil fuels won’t help to repay Argentina’s national debt
Argentina’s strategy to increase fossil fuel exports to ease debt burden ignores need for increased state investments and climate commitments.
World Bank must support rigorous independent monitoring of discrimination against girls in Tanzania
World Bank board approves Tanzania education loan amid pregnant schoolgirls re-admission ban.
Ghana’s Sankofa gas project – backed by World Bank – brings fiscal pain
Ghana left with $250 million bill for unused gas in 2019 primarily due to ‘take or pay’ clause in Bank-supported PPP contract.
World Bank and IMF response to debt crisis undermines women’s rights
25 years after Beijing Declaration, austerity and privatisation still modus operandi of Bretton Woods Institutions at the cost of women’s rights.
Senior-level staff changes at World Bank and IMF
World Bank chief economist departs as key role is “eroded”, while IMF’s Georgieva makes series of high-level appointments.
World Bank board silent on Guatemala dam investigation review after February meeting
World Bank board silent following meeting on Guatemala dam investigation into IFC-linked harms.
Myanmar deemed rising Doing Business star, but at what cost?
World Bank praises Myanmar for improvement in Doing Business ranking, ignoring the implications of proposed reforms on country’s complex conflict dynamics.
UN holds Pakistan to account for IMF programme impacts on women
Concerns raised about IMF conditions pushing women back into poverty and informal work.
Long-awaited accountability reforms announced by World Bank board
World Bank board announces Inspection Panel reform package to a mixed reception
Civil society launches framework to assess human rights impact of health privatisation
CSO framework evaluates consequences of private sector activity on right to health.
World Bank pandemic bond instrument fails in COVID-19 response
World Bank’s ‘innovative’ health financing instrument proved to be slow and late.
