Despite bringing much needed attention to the issue of youth and development, NGOs working on children, labour and education have found many familiar World Bank prescriptions in the latest World Development Report published in September.
Knowledge
Environment
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World Bank energy policy under scrutiny
A new report published by a coalition of international environment and development non-governmental organisations concludes that the World Bank's promise to seriously support alternative energy sources remains unfulfilled.
IFI governance
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Bank cooks up growth study
At the spring meetings in April the Bank released a paper on fiscal policy for growth, and announced the creation of an independent commission on growth. However, the composition of the commission suggests that its purpose is to shore up the widening cracks in the Washington consensus, rather than explore new thinking.
Knowledge
News
Bank staffer slams funding for technical assistance
Buried in the text of the 2006 Global Monitoring Report, a Bank-Fund document to examine progress towards the MDGs, it suggests that technical cooperation funding not be tied to the countries giving the money.
IFI governance
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IEO to evaluate Fund restrictions on African budgets
The IEO has released a draft issues paper for a planned evaluation of the Fund's role in determining aid resources in sub-Saharan Africa.
IFI governance
News
OED slates Bank development effectiveness
In October, the Operations Evaluation Department published a report summarising lessons from recent evaluations; Bank management, in unusually strong language, has expressed concerns about both the methodology OED used to reach its conclusions, and the conclusions themselves.
Knowledge
Background
HIV/AIDS and the World Bank
Summary of the Bank's response to HIV/AIDS
IFI governance
News
Development effectiveness of HIV/AIDS uneven
Summary of OED report on the Bank's response to HIV/AIDS and civil society criticisms.
Knowledge
News
WDR 2007: Development and the next generation
The WDR 2007 will “seek to determine how economic policies can help young people during the crucial transition points to adulthood” including leaving school, staying healthy, entering the labour market, forming families, and becoming good citizens.
Conditionality
Background
Social development in the World Bank, from vision to action
Brief summary of the presentation of the World Bank's social development report, and follow-up discussion
