IMF managing director hints at change to corporate tax agenda and softened relationship with US administration
Finance
Analysis
BWP publishes essay series reflecting on the legacy of 75 years of IMF and World Bank policies and power.
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Finance
Analysis
Bretton Woods at 75: A series of critical essays
Finance
Analysis
As debt crises across the African continent continue to soar, concerns are raised about the gendered impact of debt-servicing conditions imposed by international financial institutions.
Finance
Analysis
Debt and gender equality: How debt-servicing conditions harm women in Africa
Finance
Analysis
In prioritising capital market expansion, the needs of the lowest income groups are not being effectively addressed through World Bank interventions.
Finance
Analysis
The World Bank and the globalisation of housing finance
Finance
Analysis
Shut out of IDA19, civil society organisations disappointed with proposals
CSOs raise concerns about IDA19 proposed policy commitments and lack of formal consultation.
Finance
News
Why did the IMF fail to take pre-emptive measures in Argentina?
Effectiveness of IMF’s approach questioned, as Argentina undergoes technical default.
Finance
Analysis
Falling growth, rising tensions – IMFC communiqué analysis Spring 2019
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 13 April, from the 2019 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Washington DC.
Conditionality
Commentary
Unsustainable? The IMF’s approach to the Sustainable Development Goals
As the IMF publishes new SDG site, meaningful policy realignment remains lacking while business-as-usual continues at IMF.
Gender
Analysis
The IMF and Gender Equality: Operationalising Change
Latest IMF guidance on gender issues raises more questions than answers as it opens the door to impact assessments and alternative macro policies.
Finance
News
Inequality crisis worsens as World Bank and IMF persist with failed policies
Two new CSO reports document inadequate response by states, the IMF and World Bank.
Finance
Analysis
The IMF in Argentina: Can an old dog learn new tricks?
As IMF increases Argentina loan, its policies continue to ignore root causes of crisis with predictable impacts for Argentinians
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Finance
News
30 July 2019
IMF and World Bank complicit in “climate debt trap” following Mozambique cyclones
International community fails to deliver on 'Loss & Damage' while poorest countries become further indebted.
Finance
News
4 April 2019
Pakistan requests 13th IMF loan, amid US-China tensions
As Pakistan requests an IMF loan amid concerns about its debt sustainability, the IMF response is caught up in China-US tensions.
Finance
Background
18 April 2019 | Minutes
Taxing to Develop: International Taxation Challenges for Africa
Notes from the IMF and World Bank 2019 Spring Meetings official session on 14 April on international taxation challenges in Africa.
Finance
Background
16 April 2019 | Minutes
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes: Shifting the IFI Narrative to Progressive Gender-just Taxation
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.
Private Sector
News
6 December 2018
IFC launches consultation on draft Operating Principles for Impact Management
As IFC launches consultation on draft Principles, its declining development outcome performance as 'first impact investor' provides useful point of departure.
Finance
News
6 December 2017
IFC to revisit its development outcomes framework
Civil society seeks to input into IFC's new development outcomes framework.
Finance
Background
19 April 2017 | Minutes
Making Tax Work for Women's Rights
Notes from a 2017 Spring Meetings event of BWP on Making Tax Work for Women's Rights, 19 April
Finance
Background
19 April 2017 | Minutes
The role of the IMF in domestic and international taxation
Notes from the 2017 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings session on Domestic and International Taxation, 19 April.
