Covid-19 pandemic highlights the urgent need for ICSID and wider ISDS reforms as cases threaten to undermine state efforts to protect public health.
World Bank’s new report on education and Covid-19 contrasts with IFC announcement on freezing private school investments.
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 16 April, from the 2020 World Bank and IMF virtual Spring Meetings.
25 years after Beijing Declaration, austerity and privatisation still modus operandi of Bretton Woods Institutions at the cost of women's rights.
Concerns raised about IMF conditions pushing women back into poverty and informal work.
IMF managing director hints at change to corporate tax agenda and softened relationship with US administration
Over 60 civil society organisations call on the IMF to focus on the harmful impacts of its own policy advice on women's rights and gender equality.
CSOs raise concerns about IDA19 proposed policy commitments and lack of formal consultation.
Private creditors provided with IMF backing in Argentina negotiations as country enters into default.
IMF fails to respond to loan requests from Iran and Venezula as they struggle to respond to increasing Covid-19 cases and deaths.
Bank and Fund-backed land bill passed in dead of night during lockdown favouring private investors and Western agribusiness.
Database launched on Covid-19-related IMF spending to help civil society keep track of lending programmes.
World Bank's ‘innovative’ health financing instrument proved to be slow and late.
International community fails to deliver on 'Loss & Damage' while poorest countries become further indebted.
Notes from the IMF and World Bank 2019 Spring Meetings official session on 14 April on international taxation challenges in Africa.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 12 April on the changing international tax landscape from a feminist perspective and challenging IFIs’ role in shaping it at the World Bank and IMF's 2019 Spring Meetings.
