The IMF says that streamlining will make conditionality more efficient, effective and focused. Careful scrutiny suggests there is still plenty to question in the new approach.
The issue of whether a UN Security Council resolution is necessary if the Bretton Woods institutions are to be involved in the reconstruction of Iraq appears to have opened up divisions between the Development Committee (which comprises finance ministers on the boards of both the IMF and the World Bank) and the officials of these two institutions.
Annual UK report on the IMF for 2002.
UK Treasury's annual report to Parliament sets out the UK's relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the last year, and highlights key priorities going forward.
Outlines UK objectives for the Spring Meetings including agenda items of both the IMFC (crisis prevention and resolution, assistance to low-income countries) and the Development Committee (monitoring and scaling-up MDGs, enhancing developing country voice, donor harmonisation, and coherence among multilateral organisations).
As a response to calls for transparency the UK ministers which determine UK policy towards the World Bank and IMF now release a note setting out their objectives for each World Bank/IMF annual and spring meetings. Their September 2002 note covers issues including measuring results, education, and governance of the Bank and Fund.
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.
