Civil society groups in Bangladesh and Pakistan have rejected the PRSP process in their countries. They complain about flawed participation and persistent IMF and World Bank influence on the content of the documents.
Conditionality
Land
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Turkey to test Fund independence
A power struggle is emerging over Turkey’s compliance with a host of proposed economic reforms included in a $16 billion IMF loan package.
Rights
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Bank President reply on human rights
James Wolfensohn recently replied to an NGO letter of last summer requesting clarification of what the Bank planned to do to implement a human rights agenda.
Rights
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Cambodian catch-22
The World Bank is considering withholding funds from Cambodia in response to government moves against Global Witness, an independent monitor of the forestry sector.
Conditionality
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Baku Ceyhan: IFC delay, IMF pressure
The International Finance Corporation has indicated that its decision on whether to support the controversial Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline will be taken in the third quarter of this year, not in April as had been expected.
Conditionality
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Conditionality through the back door?
’Streamlining’ of IMF conditionality failing expectations; cross-conditionality remains and the Fund has failed to debate the macro-economic framework.
Conditionality
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IMF evaluation office: too technocratic ?
Correspondence between the IEO and the Bretton Woods Project following the publication of its first report
IFI governance
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Real impact of new poverty analysis uncertain
NGOs have expressed concern that their objectives of opening up debates about different social and economic policy options are not being met through current approaches.
Conditionality
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Bank “cornering market” in trade capacity building
The Bank’s role in trade capacity building affords enormous influence over the hearts and minds of trade policy makers and the way in which trade is mainstreamed into national development plans. The initial experience of the Integrated Framework programme shows that there is reason for concern.
Conditionality
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The IMF in Latin America: tough cop, social worker or skunk?
Three recent papers which attempt to analyse the IMF’s role in the Argentinean crisis are examined: ex-IMF senior economist Michael Mussa, the Center for Global Development’s Nancy Birdsall and Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
