A counter-report to the IMF's bi-annual World Economic Outlook has been prepared by two UK NGOs.
The Bank agrees with the US that there is no economic evidence that an investment agreement would, by itself, promote new foreign investment.
Consultant Peter Griffiths had a choice: speak up against World Bank action in Sierra Leone and prevent a famine, or be silent and save his career.
The World Bank and aid agencies are accused of causing famine and ignoring corruption and incompetence in revelations that will send shockwaves through the development community.
The IMF is to deliver a stinging rebuke to the US government for lack of budget discipline and excessively optimistic assumptions about spending and tax revenues.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is drafting a strategy which will cover all aspects of DFID's work and relationships with the World Bank, and should be based wherever possible on the Bank's own reform efforts. The strategy will focus on short to medium term objectives and have a lifespan of 3-5 years.
Honduran protesters angry at International Monetary Fund-inspired economic reforms clashed with security forces and briefly stormed Congress.
Dubai will not tolerate riots during the upcoming meeting of the IMF and World Bank in the emirate although peaceful protests will be allowed.
New BWP briefing finds the World Bank counted 70 per cent of energy-sector reforms in Development Policy Financing as having 'climate co-benefits' between 2018-2023 - but most of these promoted a private-led energy transition.
