Bretton Woods Dispatch
World Bank and IMF Spring
Meetings 2020

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Spring Meetings 2020 wrap-up: Will this change everything? Apparently not…
Analysis of this year’s World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings: With international response to Covid-19 mired in geopolitical manoeuverings and resistance to systemic change, calls for alternatives grow.
Spring Meetings amid Covid-19 crisis: Will this change everything?
World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings take place amid a global health emergency which experts estimate could result in millions of deaths.
Fears of shrinking civil society space as World Bank Staff Association calls for axing of Spring Meetings
World Bank Staff Association’s call for permanent cancellation of Spring Meetings and its CSPF raises long-standing concerns about the need for improved civil society engagement by the Bank and Fund.
Development Committee communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2020
Analysis of the Development Committee communiqué published on 17 April.
IMFC communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2020
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 16 April, from the 2020 World Bank and IMF virtual Spring Meetings.
G20 communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2020
Analysis of the G20 communiqué published on 15 April.
G24 communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2020
Analysis of the G24 communiqué released on 14 April.






