Controversy over the call for debarment of a Canadian contractor is proving a litmus test of the Bank's commitment to apply the same standards to corrupt Northern companies as it does to Southern governments.
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Coal India: Bank Board demands minimal action
The World Bank Board has responded to a critical findings of its own Inspection Panel, but has done little to remedy the situation of the local people who have suffered.
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Interim report on the evaluation of the Integrated Framework
Interim report of evaluator Capra International to the heads of agencies of the Integrated Framework for trade-related technical assistance 10 July 2003 in Washington.
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Bank, Fund moves on extractives transparency
The World Bank and the IMF pledged their support to the “Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative” in statements made at a high-level conference in London on 17 June.
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Questions raised over World Bank post-conflict work
The World Bank is caught in a new political storm in Cambodia for cancelling $6.3 out of an $18 million loan for the demobilisation and reintegration of Cambodian soldiers. Meanwhile the Bank is criticized for refusing to directly back disarmament.
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Background
How the World Bank deals with fraud and corruption in its projects
"Let's not mince words: we need to deal with the cancer of corruption . .…
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Bank and IMF role in Iraq taking shape
The World Bank is to play a role in drawing up the national budget for Iraq and possibly in managing a reconstruction trust fund.
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GAO faults Bank on internal controls and performance measurement
In a recent report the General Accounting Office said that it is currently difficult to know whether internal controls at the World Bank are sufficient to ensure that funds disbursed are used for their intended purposes.
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World Bank admits its policies caused war
Review of World Bank's study of the causes of conflict by Joseph Hanlon
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Analysis
G-7, civil society press for IMF, World Bank transparency reforms
The World Bank and the IMF have responded to complaints about their lack of transparency by issuing mountains of documentation and offering innumerable meetings and consultations. But critics are still not satisfied, pointing to the difficulty for people to find and interpret many of the documents produced, and to the opacity of the institutions’ key decision-making bodies.
