IMF and World Bank continue to undermine gender equality through bulk of macroeconomic policy advice.
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The World Bank’s recent gender equality approach constitutes an attempt at establishing a consensus over the regulation of the economy.
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World Bank publishes GBV Action Plan for developing-country projects, while internal sexual harassment cases from 1980s are brought to World Bank Ombudsman.
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Contradicting commitments: Why fiscal space matters for women and work
Notes from the 2017 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings session on the IMF's approach to fiscal space, women and work, 11 October
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BWP briefing explores IMF's labour market policies in the context of women in the informal economy and suggests they will not contribute to decreasing inequalities.
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The World Bank’s new Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative: Recycling a broken model?
World Bank launches new We-Fi fund for women entrepeneurs, but concerns raised that fund won't reach poorest women.
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The IMF and Gender Equality: A Compendium of Feminist Macroeconomic Critiques
The Bretton Woods Project published an edited volume on the gendered impacts of some of the most commonly-prescribed macroeconomic policies of the IMF, covering tax, expenditure and labour policies.
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Will World Bank Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force recommendations have a discernible impact?
Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force releases report with recommendations for World Bank, CSOs concerned over its limited mandate while questions remain whether the recommendations will have a discernible impact on the Bank’s approach to GBV.
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The IMF, Gender Equality and Expenditure Policy
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The Bretton Woods Project publishes edited volume on the impacts of IMF macroeconomic policies on women's rights and gender equality.
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