The Bretton Woods Project review of the most important developments at the World Bank and IMF in 2013.
Environment
Environment
Commentary
Future of public climate finance: What should happen to the Climate Investment Funds?
In a new blog, posted on TripleCrisis the Bretton Woods Project outlines why the Green Climate Fund, rather than the Climate Investment Funds should be the main channel to distribute climate finance.
Finance
Analysis
The IMF’s debt restructuring dilemma
Burgeoning debt levels, and problems in Jordan and Philippines, indicate that debt crises are not behind us. While the IMF considers policy changes, an influential group of scholars has proposed a new Fund facility for handling sovereign debt restructuring.
Environment
Analysis
A mine of controversy: World Bank push for large scale extractives
New concerns have been raised on the World Bank’s involvement in the Simandou mine in Guinea, including on the use of biodiversity offsets, while civil society has repeated unaddressed concerns on the Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi mine. Further concerns have been raised on mines in Dominican Republic, Peru and South Africa.
Infrastructure
Analysis
World Bank courts controversial coal in India and Indonesia
Despite its increasingly strong rhetoric on tackling climate change the World Bank continues to fund contentious coal projects in India and Indonesia, including rejecting the findings of its accountability mechanism.
Environment
Analysis
NGOs call for halt of World Bank’s climate initiatives
In July 2012 NGOs called on governments to pivot away from funding the Bank-housed Climate…
Environment
Background
Guide through key CIF meeting documents
Read a pdf version of CIFs Monitor 8 Clean Technology Fund and Strategic Climate Fund…
Environment
Analysis
CIFs and the private sector
Information on the private sector and the CIFs taken from each section of CIF Monitor…
Environment
Analysis
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Chapter of CIFs Monitor 8 on the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Environment
Analysis
Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)
Chapter of CIFs Monitor 8 on the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)
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