Civil society, trade unions and academics call for permanent end of Doing Business Report as World Bank suspends its publication due to data irregularities.
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2019.
This Inside the Institutions provides an overview of how the Bank’s systems are designed to operate.
The Doing Business Report 2019 criticised by civil society over its promotion of deregulation and low business tax.
As World Bank prepares to launch its Human Capital Index at the upcoming Annual Meetings in Indonesia, long-standing critiques of Human Capital Theory remain.
As the World Bank publishes a report calling for labour market deregulation, global trade unions fight back.
New IEG report raises questions about the Bank’s ability to use findings from evaluations to inform its operations.
IEG report casts doubt on Bank’s progress on its own shared prosperity goal as civil society raises concerns about Bank's approach to inclusive growth
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2018.
This Inside the Institutions looks at the Doing Business report and retraces key steps in its history and development, explains how ratings are calculated and outlines some of the main criticisms regarding its methodology and ideological background.
Subscribe to electronic and printed editions of the Bretton Woods Observer as well as the News Lens and Alerts with analysis of meetings, events and publications.
Request for critical IMF and World Bank resources of 2017.
World Bank’s 2017 World Development Report on governance introduced the importance of politics, but its impact has been questioned.
The Bretton Woods Project's selection of the best books, reports and other resources on the World Bank and IMF from 2016.
Notes from a meeting at the IMF/World Bank CSO Forum at the 2015 Annual meetings, focusing on macroeconomic challenges for the MENA region.
Behavioural economics is the basis for the World Bank's 2015 World Development Report but is criticised for ignoring the impact of power and politics.
