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Finance

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A new Bretton Woods for whom?

IFI governance

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Spring Meetings Wrap-Up: Geopolitical tensions derail Covid-19 recovery agenda

Knowledge

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Fears of DBR's rebranding realised

IFI governance

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G20 press briefing analysis – Spring Meetings 2022

The G20 released a press briefing focused on the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine and the increasing need for multilateralism amidst walkouts, rising debt levels around the world, a new World Bank pandemic preparedness model, and the approval of RST and other sustainable finance models.

26 April 2022

IFI governance

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IMFC chair statement analysis – Spring Meetings 2022

The IMFC issued a chair statement in place of a communiqué. It discussed a long list of challenges with focus on fallout from Ukraine invasion and climate change.

26 April 2022

IFI governance

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V20 calls for more equitable international financial system to tackle risks posed to climate vulnerable developing countries

The communiqué for the V20 highlighted multitude of crises facing climate-vulnerable developing countries, with continuing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and unequally felt climate change impacts now being exacerbated by the spillover effects from the Ukraine war.

26 April 2022

IFI governance

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G24 communiqué analysis – Spring Meetings 2022

G24 finance ministers called for urgent global action to mitigate the effects of rising debt levels in emerging economies, and rising global food, energy and commodity prices.

25 April 2022

IFI governance

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Spring Meetings 2022 Preamble: War in Ukraine risks deepening divergent recovery as World Bank and IMF prepare for Spring Meetings

War in Ukraine will have significant spillover effects as Global South continues to carry the burden of vaccine inequity. Debt, austerity and evolving food crisis key talking points of Meetings while unequal recovery, gender, RST and surcharges key issues at CSPF.

14 April 2022

Finance

News

Argentine civil society denounces new IMF agreement as illegitimate

Civil society rejects new Agreement arguing IMF loan will be used to pay odious debt and result in reforms damaging to human rights.

6 April 2022

IFI governance

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Independent Evaluation Office downplays IMF’s promotion of austerity whilst civil society warns of further cuts

Concerns over excessive austerity waved away, despite IEO admission that protection of low-income and vulnerable groups had fallen short.

9 December 2021

Finance

Background

What are Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)?

This Inside the Institutions looks at the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights, including their history and usage, with a focus on the latest allocation, which accounts for 69 per cent of the SDRs ever disbursed.

9 December 2021 | Inside the institutions

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Conditionality

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21 July 2022

The human face of the World Bank's private sector bias: The privatisation of Kenya's healthcare

A November 2021 report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University highlights the human rights consequences of the World Bank’s Maximising Finance for Development approach.

Finance

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21 July 2022

Restart of Pakistan’s IMF loan agreement collapses with change in government, as soaring costs of IFC-supported LNG add to fiscal pain

Pakistan increases fuel prices in effort to meet IMF conditions, while cost of importing LNG surges.

Knowledge

News

19 April 2022 | Letters

It’s just the tip of the iceberg: civil society organisations call for an overhaul of the World Bank following the Doing Business Report scandal

More than 140 CSO groups and individuals call on the World Bank to focus on grappling with the harms caused by its undemocratic governance structure and biased publications like the Doing Business Report, and to take measures to decolonise the institution.

IFI governance

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13 April 2022 | Minutes

Towards a World Bank Private Sector Development Strategy that Puts People and Planet before Profit

Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum event on 13 April 2022 titled 'Towards a World Bank Private Sector Development Strategy that Puts People and Planet before Profit'

IFI governance

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14 April 2022 | Minutes

The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust: Can an IMF-managed SDRs trust deliver inclusive & sustainable recoveries?

Notes from the 11 April Civil Society Policy Forum - The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust: Can an IMF-managed SDRs trust deliver inclusive & sustainable recoveries?

IFI governance

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13 April 2022 | Minutes

Are we heading towards an austerity-based recovery?

Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum event on April 13, 2022 on "Are We Heading Towards and Austerity-Based Recovery?"

IFI governance

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13 April 2022 | Minutes

The IMF Gender Strategy - Making the Economy Work for Women?

Notes from Civil Society Policy Forum event on 13 April 2022 titled 'The IMF Gender Strategy - Making the Economy Work for Women?'

IFI governance

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12 April 2022

The WBG's investments in private healthcare provision: What implications for the right to health?

Notes from civil society policy forum on 12 April on the WBG's investments in private healthcare provision: What implications for the right to health?