The world awaits to see whether Trump’s defeat will result in the end of the 'America First' approach and a democratisation of the IMF and World Bank and the multilateral system.
As the inability of Bank and Fund to adapt their policies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic becomes more evident, hope turns to the UN system and a radical restructure of the global international financial architecture.
World Bank backs private sector voucher project in Uganda as poorest women lose out.
World Bank Indian education loan causes controversy over private sector provisions.
World Bank’s new report on education and Covid-19 contrasts with IFC announcement on freezing private school investments.
25 years after Beijing Declaration, austerity and privatisation still modus operandi of Bretton Woods Institutions at the cost of women's rights.
BWP's Gender and Macroeconomics project launches a booklet on Gender-Just Macroeconomics; the World Bank’s privatisation push
A new UN report shines light on how IMF and World Bank support for privatisation contributes to the elimination of human rights
World Bank’s pandemic bond instrument scrapped after high visibility Covid-19 failure
Notes from the virtual Civil Society Policy Forum at the 2020 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 5 October session on the World Bank's 'Maximizing Finance for Development' and the Covid-19 response.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum Session on 2 October.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 1 October.
World Bank's ‘innovative’ health financing instrument proved to be slow and late.
Notes from CSPF on 18 October on the growing trend of directing public finance to support business in healthcare.
Abidjan Principles recognition by UN HRC states confronts World Bank privatization push in education.
World Bank water privatisation push in Africa criticised by civil society that are calling for a rights-based approach.
