Environment
Analysis
29 March 2004 | Briefings
Sustainable management of forests in DR Congo
World Bank response to campaigner complaints on Congo forestry
Resources
Rights
Commentary
29 March 2004 | Call for action
Stop the World Bank carve-up of the Congo forests!
Appeal to halt forest destruction in Democratic Republic of Congo
Finance
News
26 March 2004
IMF Acknowledges Failures in Argentina Crisis
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday long-standing weaknesses in Argentina's economy led to its collapse in 2001, while the global lender acknowledged that its own shortcomings had prevented it from detecting the looming crisis.
IFI governance
News
25 March 2004
Plot Thickens as EU hunts for new IMF chief
News on further indecision about new IMF boss.
IFI governance
Background
22 March 2004 | Resource
The process for choosing a new Managing Director for the IMF
Key statements and articles on the 2004 selection process for the Managing Director of the IMF.
IFI governance
News
22 March 2004
IMF directors call for open contest to find new fund chief, Andrew Balls
IFI governance
News
18 March 2004
France won’t back Rato’s IMF candidacy
Outgoing Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato emerged as a leading European candidate to head the IMF on Wednesday, but his chances of getting the nod were later thrown into doubt on reports that France would not back him.
Accountability
News
16 March 2004
World Bank corruption inquiry may blacklist firm, David Pallister
The World Bank has formally reopened a corruption inquiry into a leading Canadian engineering company which could lead to the first blacklisting of a major international firm.
IFI governance
News
15 March 2004
Brazil, Argentina To Set Common Rules For IMF Negotiations
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner are scheduled to sign a political and economic agreement tomorrow that includes adopting a common position from which to negotiate their debts to the International Monetary Fund.
IFI governance
News
15 March 2004
Give Africa more voice in IMF, World Bank
Developing countries -- the main clients of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank -- should have more say in the policy of those institutions, say African central bank governors and finance officials.
Trade
News
12 March 2004
WB recommends new investment laws for Botswana, Kabo Mokgoabone
IFI governance
News
11 March 2004
Developing nations seek top IMF job, Ravi Kanth
Developing countries have staked a claim for the top job at the International Monetary Fund for the first time following the resignation of managing director Horst Kohler who is to be the president of Germany.
Featured briefings
12 December 2024
The Bretton Woods Observer: Winter 2024
12 December 2024
Missing in action: accountability is noticeably absent from the World Bank Group’s new Corporate Scorecard
The Corporate Scorecard’s accountability gap is symptomatic of a broader failure on the part of the WBG to fully internalise, integrate and learn from the work of its accountability mechanisms.
16 October 2024